Triple
T15039633
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Secret History |
E378565
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Macaulay
Charles Macaulay is one of the morally conflicted classics students whose involvement in murder drives the psychological and philosophical tensions at the heart of Donna Tartt’s novel *The Secret History*.
|
E1133271
|
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: Charles Macaulay | Statement: [The Secret History, mainCharacter, Charles Macaulay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Macaulay Context triple: [The Secret History, mainCharacter, Charles Macaulay]
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A.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay was a 19th-century British historian, essayist, and Whig politician known for his influential writings on British history and his role in shaping colonial education and legal reforms in India.
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B.
Richard Macaulay
Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
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C.
Walter Scott
Walter Scott was a prominent early 19th-century American Restoration Movement evangelist whose preaching and methods significantly shaped the development of the Stone–Campbell religious tradition.
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D.
Walter Scott
Walter Scott is an American actor best known for his role in the coming-of-age film "Summer of '42."
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E.
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle was a 19th-century Scottish historian, essayist, and social critic known for his influential works on heroism, history, and the moral crises of industrial society.
- 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: Charles Macaulay Triple: [The Secret History, mainCharacter, Charles Macaulay]
Generated description
Charles Macaulay is one of the morally conflicted classics students whose involvement in murder drives the psychological and philosophical tensions at the heart of Donna Tartt’s novel *The Secret History*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Macaulay Target entity description: Charles Macaulay is one of the morally conflicted classics students whose involvement in murder drives the psychological and philosophical tensions at the heart of Donna Tartt’s novel *The Secret History*.
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A.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay was a 19th-century British historian, essayist, and Whig politician known for his influential writings on British history and his role in shaping colonial education and legal reforms in India.
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B.
Richard Macaulay
Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
-
C.
Walter Scott
Walter Scott is an American actor best known for his role in the coming-of-age film "Summer of '42."
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D.
Walter Scott
Walter Scott was a prominent early 19th-century American Restoration Movement evangelist whose preaching and methods significantly shaped the development of the Stone–Campbell religious tradition.
-
E.
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle was a 19th-century Scottish historian, essayist, and social critic known for his influential works on heroism, history, and the moral crises of industrial society.
- 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded82e79a481908ddb9609af8c4407 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe9de1c3a48190a9b3959a95627175 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe9fdba3c48190b1d370f7c066801f |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fea0b87db881909607bcf0df5b0979 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.