Triple
T11822639
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Tale of Two Cities |
E281176
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest Defarge
Ernest Defarge is a former servant of Dr. Manette who becomes a revolutionary wine-shop owner and a key leader in the French Revolution in Charles Dickens's novel "A Tale of Two Cities."
|
E949695
|
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: Ernest Defarge | Statement: [A Tale of Two Cities, mainCharacter, Ernest Defarge]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Defarge Context triple: [A Tale of Two Cities, mainCharacter, Ernest Defarge]
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A.
Madame Defarge
Madame Defarge is a vengeful, knitting revolutionary in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," emblematic of the ruthless spirit of the French Revolution.
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B.
Madame Valmondé
Madame Valmondé is a wealthy, compassionate Louisiana plantation mistress and adoptive mother figure in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
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C.
Thénardiers
The Thénardiers are a cruel and exploitative innkeeping couple in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" who abuse and extort the child left in their care.
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D.
Marguerite Donnadieu
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known by her pen name Marguerite Duras, was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker associated with the Nouveau Roman movement.
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E.
Vianne Rocher
Vianne Rocher is a free-spirited, unconventional chocolatier who challenges social norms and transforms a conservative French village through her magical confections and compassion.
- 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: Ernest Defarge Triple: [A Tale of Two Cities, mainCharacter, Ernest Defarge]
Generated description
Ernest Defarge is a former servant of Dr. Manette who becomes a revolutionary wine-shop owner and a key leader in the French Revolution in Charles Dickens's novel "A Tale of Two Cities."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Defarge Target entity description: Ernest Defarge is a former servant of Dr. Manette who becomes a revolutionary wine-shop owner and a key leader in the French Revolution in Charles Dickens's novel "A Tale of Two Cities."
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A.
Madame Defarge
Madame Defarge is a vengeful, knitting revolutionary in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," emblematic of the ruthless spirit of the French Revolution.
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B.
Madame Valmondé
Madame Valmondé is a wealthy, compassionate Louisiana plantation mistress and adoptive mother figure in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
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C.
Thénardiers
The Thénardiers are a cruel and exploitative innkeeping couple in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" who abuse and extort the child left in their care.
-
D.
Marguerite Donnadieu
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known by her pen name Marguerite Duras, was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker associated with the Nouveau Roman movement.
-
E.
Vianne Rocher
Vianne Rocher is a free-spirited, unconventional chocolatier who challenges social norms and transforms a conservative French village through her magical confections and compassion.
- 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_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a5e9c50481909b2287a0b23d2094 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f1671989f88190b8c1fb520435a25e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f16e31ebfc81908255e24b96bf9a99 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f1a09eae7481908200709ae9721d53 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.