Triple

T15280208
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Inferno (novel) E365248 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object The Provost
The Provost is a shadowy, high-ranking operative in Dan Brown's thriller "Inferno," overseeing covert operations for a powerful private security organization.
E1148457 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: The Provost | Statement: [Inferno (novel), character, The Provost]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Provost
Context triple: [Inferno (novel), character, The Provost]
  • A. The Dean
    The Dean is the popular nickname of Al Ittihad Club, one of Saudi Arabia’s oldest and most historically significant football teams.
  • B. Dean of Connor
    The Dean of Connor is the senior cleric responsible for overseeing the cathedral chapter and liturgical life within the Church of Ireland’s Diocese of Connor.
  • C. Provost Richard Howard
    Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.
  • D. Provost
    The Provost of Trinity College Dublin is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership and strategic direction.
  • E. Provost
    Provost is a French surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century fur trader and explorer Étienne Provost.
  • 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: The Provost
Triple: [Inferno (novel), character, The Provost]
Generated description
The Provost is a shadowy, high-ranking operative in Dan Brown's thriller "Inferno," overseeing covert operations for a powerful private security organization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Provost
Target entity description: The Provost is a shadowy, high-ranking operative in Dan Brown's thriller "Inferno," overseeing covert operations for a powerful private security organization.
  • A. The Dean
    The Dean is the popular nickname of Al Ittihad Club, one of Saudi Arabia’s oldest and most historically significant football teams.
  • B. Dean of Connor
    The Dean of Connor is the senior cleric responsible for overseeing the cathedral chapter and liturgical life within the Church of Ireland’s Diocese of Connor.
  • C. Provost Richard Howard
    Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.
  • D. Provost
    The Provost of Trinity College Dublin is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership and strategic direction.
  • E. Provost
    Provost is a French surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century fur trader and explorer Étienne Provost.
  • 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_69d85a103d9081908c1ea6c4c73ac8e3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e00e504d8c8190ad6c565a31d1a9bd completed April 15, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feef754c9c8190abdc1d08fd1511cd completed May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fef17e1b8481908600e8f2f60ebe98 completed May 9, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fef1e8e41481908f2c8ebe1b1036fa completed May 9, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m.