Triple

T14704775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vandover and the Brute E345397 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Vandover
Vandover is the troubled protagonist of Frank Norris's novel "Vandover and the Brute," whose moral and psychological decline explores themes of degeneration and inner savagery.
 E1116096 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: Vandover | Statement: [Vandover and the Brute, mainCharacter, Vandover]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vandover
Context triple: [Vandover and the Brute, mainCharacter, Vandover]
  • A. Vedder
    Vedder is a surname most notably associated with Elihu Vedder, an American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and muralist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Mowe
    Mowe is a rapidly developing suburban town in Ogun State, Nigeria, situated along the key Lagos–Ibadan transport and economic corridor.
  • C. Maberly
    Maberly is an English surname most notably associated with actress Polly Maberly, known for her work in British television and film.
  • D. Denmead
    Denmead is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated near Waterlooville and on the edge of the South Downs.
  • E. Vondie
    Vondie is the given name of Vondie Curtis-Hall, an American actor and director known for his work in film and television.
  • 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: Vandover
Triple: [Vandover and the Brute, mainCharacter, Vandover]
Generated description
Vandover is the troubled protagonist of Frank Norris's novel "Vandover and the Brute," whose moral and psychological decline explores themes of degeneration and inner savagery.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vandover
Target entity description: Vandover is the troubled protagonist of Frank Norris's novel "Vandover and the Brute," whose moral and psychological decline explores themes of degeneration and inner savagery.
  • A. Vedder
    Vedder is a surname most notably associated with Elihu Vedder, an American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and muralist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Mowe
    Mowe is a rapidly developing suburban town in Ogun State, Nigeria, situated along the key Lagos–Ibadan transport and economic corridor.
  • C. Maberly
    Maberly is an English surname most notably associated with actress Polly Maberly, known for her work in British television and film.
  • D. Denmead
    Denmead is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated near Waterlooville and on the edge of the South Downs.
  • E. Vondie
    Vondie is the given name of Vondie Curtis-Hall, an American actor and director known for his work in film and television.
  • 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb6086c608190a66c64e23a3e002f completed April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf087ce8c819081a7186df67bcf1f completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf2a63cc88190b3670378c54c96b6 completed May 8, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf31fcb4081908a88cf4d4c5ddced completed May 8, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.