Triple
T1105636
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Life of Pi |
E25481
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Parker
Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger who becomes the central animal companion and symbolic figure in Yann Martel’s novel *Life of Pi*.
|
E125487
|
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: Richard Parker | Statement: [Life of Pi, mainCharacter, Richard Parker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Parker Context triple: [Life of Pi, mainCharacter, Richard Parker]
-
A.
James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
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B.
Ahab
Ahab is a biblical king of Israel known for his wicked reign, idolatry, and conflict with the prophet Elijah.
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C.
Robinson
Robinson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and other fields.
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D.
Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab is the obsessive, vengeful whaling ship captain in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," driven to ruin by his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale.
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E.
Ishmael
Ishmael is a significant figure in the Abrahamic religions, traditionally regarded as Abraham’s first son and an ancestor of various Arab peoples.
- 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: Richard Parker Triple: [Life of Pi, mainCharacter, Richard Parker]
Generated description
Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger who becomes the central animal companion and symbolic figure in Yann Martel’s novel *Life of Pi*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Parker Target entity description: Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger who becomes the central animal companion and symbolic figure in Yann Martel’s novel *Life of Pi*.
-
A.
James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
-
B.
Ahab
Ahab is a biblical king of Israel known for his wicked reign, idolatry, and conflict with the prophet Elijah.
-
C.
Robinson
Robinson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and other fields.
-
D.
Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab is the obsessive, vengeful whaling ship captain in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," driven to ruin by his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale.
-
E.
Ishmael
Ishmael is a significant figure in the Abrahamic religions, traditionally regarded as Abraham’s first son and an ancestor of various Arab peoples.
- 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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b9e21f048190bf4b63dd2c7c7641 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac4c4a402081908ee138257425a336 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:03 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac4ccf989c8190aed2ff01ad6fbcab |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac4d4cbed88190ac743160198493b2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.