Triple

T11754467
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Under the Volcano E279488 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Hugh Firmin
Hugh Firmin is a character in Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano," depicted as the brother of the alcoholic British consul Geoffrey Firmin.
E952755 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: Hugh Firmin | Statement: [Under the Volcano, hasCharacter, Hugh Firmin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Firmin
Context triple: [Under the Volcano, hasCharacter, Hugh Firmin]
  • A. Firmin Bourgeois
    Firmin Bourgeois was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris.
  • B. Jules Lefebvre
    Jules Lefebvre was a prominent 19th-century French academic painter renowned for his refined portraits and idealized female figures, and for his influential role as a teacher in Paris.
  • C. Louis Charbonnier
    Louis Charbonnier was a French Revolutionary general best known for his leadership role in the Sambre–Meuse campaign during the War of the First Coalition.
  • D. Frantz Jourdain
    Frantz Jourdain was a French architect, art critic, and influential cultural organizer known for championing modern art and architecture in the early 20th century.
  • E. Gustave Besnard
    Gustave Besnard was a high-ranking French naval officer who attained the prestigious rank of Admiral of France.
  • 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: Hugh Firmin
Triple: [Under the Volcano, hasCharacter, Hugh Firmin]
Generated description
Hugh Firmin is a character in Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano," depicted as the brother of the alcoholic British consul Geoffrey Firmin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Firmin
Target entity description: Hugh Firmin is a character in Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano," depicted as the brother of the alcoholic British consul Geoffrey Firmin.
  • A. Firmin Bourgeois
    Firmin Bourgeois was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris.
  • B. Jules Lefebvre
    Jules Lefebvre was a prominent 19th-century French academic painter renowned for his refined portraits and idealized female figures, and for his influential role as a teacher in Paris.
  • C. Louis Charbonnier
    Louis Charbonnier was a French Revolutionary general best known for his leadership role in the Sambre–Meuse campaign during the War of the First Coalition.
  • D. Frantz Jourdain
    Frantz Jourdain was a French architect, art critic, and influential cultural organizer known for championing modern art and architecture in the early 20th century.
  • E. Gustave Besnard
    Gustave Besnard was a high-ranking French naval officer who attained the prestigious rank of Admiral of France.
  • 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_69d6ab01038c819080714901502c84fc completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a50b8a14819092a7397d73f0a8e3 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f4174972ac819094f3938b18a5081e completed May 1, 2026, 3 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f41f16f43c81909f5d36e8b4b0b9c3 completed May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f4225a4b5c8190958aaddbd10035b1 completed May 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.