Triple

T11822682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hard Times E281177 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Louisa Gradgrind
Louisa Gradgrind is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," whose emotionally stifled upbringing under a rigidly utilitarian father leads to inner conflict and personal tragedy.
E949696 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: Louisa Gradgrind | Statement: [Hard Times, mainCharacter, Louisa Gradgrind]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louisa Gradgrind
Context triple: [Hard Times, mainCharacter, Louisa Gradgrind]
  • A. Thomas Gradgrind
    Thomas Gradgrind is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," known as a strict utilitarian schoolmaster whose obsession with facts and rationalism profoundly shapes and harms the lives of those around him.
  • B. Miss Scatcherd
    Miss Scatcherd is a harsh, punitive teacher at Lowood Institution in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre," known for her unjust treatment of the gentle student Helen Burns.
  • C. Josiah Bounderby
    Josiah Bounderby is a wealthy, self-made industrialist and banker in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," known for his boastful hypocrisy and harsh utilitarian views.
  • D. Scatcherd
    Scatcherd is the surname of a fictional family prominently featured in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne."
  • E. Agnes Wickfield
    Agnes Wickfield is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," known for her steadfast moral integrity, quiet strength, and enduring love for the protagonist.
  • 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: Louisa Gradgrind
Triple: [Hard Times, mainCharacter, Louisa Gradgrind]
Generated description
Louisa Gradgrind is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," whose emotionally stifled upbringing under a rigidly utilitarian father leads to inner conflict and personal tragedy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louisa Gradgrind
Target entity description: Louisa Gradgrind is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," whose emotionally stifled upbringing under a rigidly utilitarian father leads to inner conflict and personal tragedy.
  • A. Thomas Gradgrind
    Thomas Gradgrind is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," known as a strict utilitarian schoolmaster whose obsession with facts and rationalism profoundly shapes and harms the lives of those around him.
  • B. Miss Scatcherd
    Miss Scatcherd is a harsh, punitive teacher at Lowood Institution in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre," known for her unjust treatment of the gentle student Helen Burns.
  • C. Josiah Bounderby
    Josiah Bounderby is a wealthy, self-made industrialist and banker in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," known for his boastful hypocrisy and harsh utilitarian views.
  • D. Scatcherd
    Scatcherd is the surname of a fictional family prominently featured in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne."
  • E. Agnes Wickfield
    Agnes Wickfield is a central character in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," known for her steadfast moral integrity, quiet strength, and enduring love for the protagonist.
  • 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.