Triple
T12390912
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Thorn Birds |
E295989
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paddy Cleary
Paddy Cleary is a central figure in Colleen McCullough's novel "The Thorn Birds," portrayed as the hardworking Irish patriarch of the Cleary family who emigrates to Australia in search of a better life.
|
E982387
|
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: Paddy Cleary | Statement: [The Thorn Birds, character, Paddy Cleary]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paddy Cleary Context triple: [The Thorn Birds, character, Paddy Cleary]
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A.
Gene Keady
Gene Keady is a highly respected American college basketball coach best known for his long, successful tenure leading the Purdue Boilermakers.
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B.
Dan Rooney
Dan Rooney was a prominent American businessman and longtime owner and president of the Pittsburgh Steelers who also served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.
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C.
Tommy Kelly
Tommy Kelly was an American child actor best known for playing the title role in the 1938 film adaptation of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
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D.
Joe Mackins
Joe Mackins is a supporting character in the period drama film "Albert Nobbs," involved in the social and romantic tensions surrounding the title character in 19th-century Dublin.
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E.
Donald Malarkey
Donald Malarkey was a real-life U.S. Army paratrooper of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was famously depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
- 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: Paddy Cleary Triple: [The Thorn Birds, character, Paddy Cleary]
Generated description
Paddy Cleary is a central figure in Colleen McCullough's novel "The Thorn Birds," portrayed as the hardworking Irish patriarch of the Cleary family who emigrates to Australia in search of a better life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paddy Cleary Target entity description: Paddy Cleary is a central figure in Colleen McCullough's novel "The Thorn Birds," portrayed as the hardworking Irish patriarch of the Cleary family who emigrates to Australia in search of a better life.
-
A.
Gene Keady
Gene Keady is a highly respected American college basketball coach best known for his long, successful tenure leading the Purdue Boilermakers.
-
B.
Dan Rooney
Dan Rooney was a prominent American businessman and longtime owner and president of the Pittsburgh Steelers who also served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.
-
C.
Tommy Kelly
Tommy Kelly was an American child actor best known for playing the title role in the 1938 film adaptation of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
-
D.
Joe Mackins
Joe Mackins is a supporting character in the period drama film "Albert Nobbs," involved in the social and romantic tensions surrounding the title character in 19th-century Dublin.
-
E.
Donald Malarkey
Donald Malarkey was a real-life U.S. Army paratrooper of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was famously depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
- 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93fd0bcc48190bb1a59a3aaa6bfdf |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63479df38819085c5ca791c460d5e |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6389115e48190b5b556635930b0d9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6397a3458819095b94ae7f9d5f106 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.