Triple
T14348790
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Discovery of Witches |
E355796
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marcus Whitmore
Marcus Whitmore is a vampire and member of the de Clermont family in Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy, known for his rebellious streak and role as a modernizing force within the vampire world.
|
E1094650
|
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: Marcus Whitmore | Statement: [A Discovery of Witches, hasCharacter, Marcus Whitmore]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Whitmore Context triple: [A Discovery of Witches, hasCharacter, Marcus Whitmore]
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A.
Ian Whitcomb
Ian Whitcomb was a British-born singer, songwriter, and music historian best known for his 1960s pop hit "You Turn Me On" and his later work reviving early 20th-century popular music.
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B.
Guy Weadick
Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
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C.
Doug Whiting
Doug Whiting is a cryptographer and computer scientist best known as one of the designers of the Twofish symmetric-key block cipher.
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D.
Richard Whiten
Richard Whiten is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in both dramas and comedies.
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E.
Charles Neblett
Charles Neblett is an American civil rights activist and singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and advance the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
- 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: Marcus Whitmore Triple: [A Discovery of Witches, hasCharacter, Marcus Whitmore]
Generated description
Marcus Whitmore is a vampire and member of the de Clermont family in Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy, known for his rebellious streak and role as a modernizing force within the vampire world.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Whitmore Target entity description: Marcus Whitmore is a vampire and member of the de Clermont family in Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy, known for his rebellious streak and role as a modernizing force within the vampire world.
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A.
Ian Whitcomb
Ian Whitcomb was a British-born singer, songwriter, and music historian best known for his 1960s pop hit "You Turn Me On" and his later work reviving early 20th-century popular music.
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B.
Guy Weadick
Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
-
C.
Doug Whiting
Doug Whiting is a cryptographer and computer scientist best known as one of the designers of the Twofish symmetric-key block cipher.
-
D.
Richard Whiten
Richard Whiten is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in both dramas and comedies.
-
E.
Charles Neblett
Charles Neblett is an American civil rights activist and singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and advance the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
- 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_69d82790a7e08190877e2d349b2e8d8e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8e8d081c8190ac805726a3e98f4c |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd4c4145c081909832e2334a064fb0 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd4d1415908190a04713f504491387 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd4da8af2c8190ad3e78bbe1c9cd7a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:14 a.m.