Triple
T12132965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Forever War |
E288979
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Mandella
William Mandella is the soldier-protagonist of Joe Haldeman’s science fiction novel "The Forever War," whose experiences highlight the psychological and social costs of relativistic interstellar warfare.
|
E970503
|
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: William Mandella | Statement: [The Forever War, mainCharacter, William Mandella]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mandella Context triple: [The Forever War, mainCharacter, William Mandella]
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A.
John Molo
John Molo is an American drummer best known for his work in rock and jam band circles, including collaborations with members of the Grateful Dead.
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B.
Richard Madsen
Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
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C.
Alexander Mebane
Alexander Mebane was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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D.
Mazzini Dunn
Mazzini Dunn is a mild, well-meaning but ineffectual businessman and father in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Heartbreak House," embodying the genteel incompetence of the Edwardian middle class.
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E.
Malcolm Byrne
Malcolm Byrne is a historian and analyst known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, often in collaboration with fellow researcher Peter Kornbluh.
- 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: William Mandella Triple: [The Forever War, mainCharacter, William Mandella]
Generated description
William Mandella is the soldier-protagonist of Joe Haldeman’s science fiction novel "The Forever War," whose experiences highlight the psychological and social costs of relativistic interstellar warfare.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mandella Target entity description: William Mandella is the soldier-protagonist of Joe Haldeman’s science fiction novel "The Forever War," whose experiences highlight the psychological and social costs of relativistic interstellar warfare.
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A.
John Molo
John Molo is an American drummer best known for his work in rock and jam band circles, including collaborations with members of the Grateful Dead.
-
B.
Richard Madsen
Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
-
C.
Alexander Mebane
Alexander Mebane was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
-
D.
Mazzini Dunn
Mazzini Dunn is a mild, well-meaning but ineffectual businessman and father in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Heartbreak House," embodying the genteel incompetence of the Edwardian middle class.
-
E.
Malcolm Byrne
Malcolm Byrne is a historian and analyst known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, often in collaboration with fellow researcher Peter Kornbluh.
- 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_69d6ab4b5e4c81909950b17151eb0951 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9158b34648190b5eecdf9b07fbb3f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f60a79dd148190835c2679fb2df3b1 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f60dbe4f788190a3b4be4b31cfbffa |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f60ee037bc8190be486e30e03031a7 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.