Triple

T10466865
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spies E246820 entity
Predicate protagonist P268 FINISHED
Object Stephen
Stephen is the central character and narrator of Michael Frayn’s novel "Spies," whose childhood memories and perceptions drive the story’s exploration of secrecy, guilt, and wartime paranoia.
E866378 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: Stephen | Statement: [Spies, protagonist, Stephen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen
Context triple: [Spies, protagonist, Stephen]
  • A. Stephen
    Stephen is the full given name of former Scottish footballer and manager Steve Nicol, best known for his successful career with Liverpool FC in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • B. Stephen
    Stephen is a prominent early Christian figure known as the first Christian martyr, whose story is recounted in the New Testament book of Acts.
  • C. Stephen
    Stephen is the given name of Stephen Strasburg, an American professional baseball pitcher known for his career with the Washington Nationals.
  • D. Stephen
    Stephen is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "crown" or "garland," widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Stephen
    Stephen is the given name of Stephen Marley, a Jamaican musician and son of reggae legend Bob Marley.
  • 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: Stephen
Triple: [Spies, protagonist, Stephen]
Generated description
Stephen is the central character and narrator of Michael Frayn’s novel "Spies," whose childhood memories and perceptions drive the story’s exploration of secrecy, guilt, and wartime paranoia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen
Target entity description: Stephen is the central character and narrator of Michael Frayn’s novel "Spies," whose childhood memories and perceptions drive the story’s exploration of secrecy, guilt, and wartime paranoia.
  • A. Stephen
    Stephen is a central character in Terrence McNally’s play *The Lisbon Traviata*, a darkly comic drama about obsession, relationships, and opera fandom.
  • B. Stephen
    Stephen is a pivotal supporting character in Quentin Tarantino's film "Django Unchained," portrayed as the fiercely loyal and manipulative house slave of plantation owner Calvin Candie.
  • C. Stephen
    Stephen is the given name of American novelist, screenwriter, and film director Stephen Chbosky, best known for writing "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
  • D. Stephen
    Stephen is the given name of Stephen R. Covey, the influential American educator, author, and leadership expert best known for writing "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."
  • E. Stephen
    Stephen is a prominent early Christian figure known as the first Christian martyr, whose story is recounted in the New Testament book of Acts.
  • 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_69d381c16c248190a2fe5b471e584e9c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d5092e3230819098ab444f73c9bd40 completed April 7, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d89fe6129881908c658ff977e68135 completed April 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8a43ae8a48190b1c05b6a91dfed9a completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d8b8fe1b9c8190b5a4787797ad7120 completed April 10, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:19 p.m.