Triple

T14323974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Snow Falling on Cedars E355166 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Nels Gudmundsson
Nels Gudmundsson is a seasoned, sharp-witted defense attorney in *Snow Falling on Cedars* who plays a key role in uncovering the truth during a contentious murder trial.
 E1093781 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: Nels Gudmundsson | Statement: [Snow Falling on Cedars, featuresCharacter, Nels Gudmundsson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nels Gudmundsson
Context triple: [Snow Falling on Cedars, featuresCharacter, Nels Gudmundsson]
  • A. Tord Magnuson
    Tord Magnuson is a Swedish businessman and nobleman best known as the husband of Princess Christina of Sweden.
  • B. Glenn Sundby
    Glenn Sundby was an American gymnast, acrobat, and publisher who became a key promoter and historian of the sport, notably through founding the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and International Gymnast magazine.
  • C. Bjarni Herjólfsson
    Bjarni Herjólfsson was a Norse explorer, traditionally credited as the first European to sight the North American mainland around the year 986 while blown off course on a voyage to Greenland.
  • D. Gunther Magnuson
    Gunther Magnuson is the loyal, food-loving best friend and sidekick of the title character in the animated series "Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil."
  • E. Peter Amundson
    Peter Amundson is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction action film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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: Nels Gudmundsson
Triple: [Snow Falling on Cedars, featuresCharacter, Nels Gudmundsson]
Generated description
Nels Gudmundsson is a seasoned, sharp-witted defense attorney in *Snow Falling on Cedars* who plays a key role in uncovering the truth during a contentious murder trial.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nels Gudmundsson
Target entity description: Nels Gudmundsson is a seasoned, sharp-witted defense attorney in *Snow Falling on Cedars* who plays a key role in uncovering the truth during a contentious murder trial.
  • A. Tord Magnuson
    Tord Magnuson is a Swedish businessman and nobleman best known as the husband of Princess Christina of Sweden.
  • B. Glenn Sundby
    Glenn Sundby was an American gymnast, acrobat, and publisher who became a key promoter and historian of the sport, notably through founding the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and International Gymnast magazine.
  • C. Bjarni Herjólfsson
    Bjarni Herjólfsson was a Norse explorer, traditionally credited as the first European to sight the North American mainland around the year 986 while blown off course on a voyage to Greenland.
  • D. Gunther Magnuson
    Gunther Magnuson is the loyal, food-loving best friend and sidekick of the title character in the animated series "Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil."
  • E. Peter Amundson
    Peter Amundson is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction action film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de883d1de88190a1e2bf2f1b692197 completed April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd468e263c81909d7261bcfd949579 completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd4811e2808190b559d8348079ae8f completed May 8, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd48d827488190b4a494d4da64ba51 completed May 8, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.