Triple

T13393182
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lost Horizon E319626 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Hugh Conway
Hugh Conway is the introspective British diplomat who becomes the central figure in James Hilton’s novel "Lost Horizon," known for his journey to the utopian lamasery of Shangri-La.
E1043394 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 Conway | Statement: [Lost Horizon, mainCharacter, Hugh Conway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Conway
Context triple: [Lost Horizon, mainCharacter, Hugh Conway]
  • A. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • B. Lewis Stevenson
    Lewis Stevenson was an American politician and public servant from Illinois, known as a prominent member of the influential Stevenson political family.
  • C. James Conway
    James Conway is a fictional New York mobster and skilled heist organizer portrayed by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s crime film "Goodfellas."
  • D. Thomas Atkinson
    Thomas Atkinson is a relatively common English personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as architecture, politics, and sports.
  • E. Charles Arling
    Charles Arling was a Canadian-born silent film actor active in early 20th-century American cinema.
  • 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 Conway
Triple: [Lost Horizon, mainCharacter, Hugh Conway]
Generated description
Hugh Conway is the introspective British diplomat who becomes the central figure in James Hilton’s novel "Lost Horizon," known for his journey to the utopian lamasery of Shangri-La.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Conway
Target entity description: Hugh Conway is the introspective British diplomat who becomes the central figure in James Hilton’s novel "Lost Horizon," known for his journey to the utopian lamasery of Shangri-La.
  • A. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • B. Lewis Stevenson
    Lewis Stevenson was an American politician and public servant from Illinois, known as a prominent member of the influential Stevenson political family.
  • C. James Conway
    James Conway is a fictional New York mobster and skilled heist organizer portrayed by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s crime film "Goodfellas."
  • D. Thomas Atkinson
    Thomas Atkinson is a relatively common English personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as architecture, politics, and sports.
  • E. Charles Arling
    Charles Arling was a Canadian-born silent film actor active in early 20th-century American cinema.
  • 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_69d806b886bc8190b676e7768b8e01c5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dba0d74e5881909828854bba7d9a87 completed April 12, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7461b0dd481908719fc4657bb92bb completed May 3, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f74d4e40f481908502a9051ced02d5 completed May 3, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f74de805708190b0b383810ea34eed completed May 3, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:34 p.m.