Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brooks E221862 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian best known for his influential studies of American literature and culture in the early 20th century.
E788565 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Van Wyck Brooks | Statement: [Brooks, hasNotableBearer, Van Wyck Brooks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Wyck Brooks
Context triple: [Brooks, hasNotableBearer, Van Wyck Brooks]
  • A. Allen Tate
    Allen Tate was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the Southern Agrarians, known for his formal verse and influential literary essays.
  • B. George Trilling
    George Trilling is an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to particle physics and his leadership in major high-energy physics experiments.
  • C. R. P. Blackmur
    R. P. Blackmur was an influential American literary critic and theorist whose dense, analytical essays helped shape the methods and concerns of New Criticism in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Alfred H. Brooks
    Alfred H. Brooks was an American geologist and pioneering explorer of Alaska whose surveys and research greatly advanced the understanding of the region’s geology and geography.
  • E. John Crowe Ransom
    John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the New Criticism movement, known for his influential essays on literary theory and his role in shaping 20th-century literary studies.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Van Wyck Brooks
Triple: [Brooks, hasNotableBearer, Van Wyck Brooks]
Generated description
Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian best known for his influential studies of American literature and culture in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Wyck Brooks
Target entity description: Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian best known for his influential studies of American literature and culture in the early 20th century.
  • A. Allen Tate
    Allen Tate was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the Southern Agrarians, known for his formal verse and influential literary essays.
  • B. George Trilling
    George Trilling is an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to particle physics and his leadership in major high-energy physics experiments.
  • C. R. P. Blackmur
    R. P. Blackmur was an influential American literary critic and theorist whose dense, analytical essays helped shape the methods and concerns of New Criticism in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Alfred H. Brooks
    Alfred H. Brooks was an American geologist and pioneering explorer of Alaska whose surveys and research greatly advanced the understanding of the region’s geology and geography.
  • E. John Crowe Ransom
    John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the New Criticism movement, known for his influential essays on literary theory and his role in shaping 20th-century literary studies.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca83ed628c8190bc02d641e57f097f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccee1a7e9881908e0c11f242162017 completed April 1, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d09bb6b6f08190ab062265b0adacf9 completed April 4, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d09ca202f88190b21b89e61b1596ff completed April 4, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d09d914d688190af609c4485c746cc completed April 4, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:29 p.m.