Triple
T16524243
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eye of the Needle |
E401393
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Faber
Henry Faber is the ruthless German spy known as “The Needle,” who serves as the central antagonist in Ken Follett’s World War II thriller novel *Eye of the Needle*.
|
E1218857
|
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: Henry Faber | Statement: [Eye of the Needle, hasMainCharacter, Henry Faber]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Faber Context triple: [Eye of the Needle, hasMainCharacter, Henry Faber]
-
A.
Larry Fagin
Larry Fagin was an American poet, editor, and teacher associated with the New York School and other avant-garde literary circles.
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B.
Roger Malvin
Roger Malvin is a fictional frontiersman in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” whose broken promise and lingering guilt drive the tale’s tragic exploration of conscience and retribution.
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C.
Albert Woolson
Albert Woolson was an American Civil War veteran widely recognized as the last surviving member of the Union veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.
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D.
Hyman Brown
Hyman Brown was a prolific American radio producer and director best known for creating and overseeing classic radio drama series such as "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater."
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E.
George Denbrough
George Denbrough is a young boy from Stephen King's horror novel "It," whose tragic death at the hands of Pennywise the Clown drives much of the story's emotional and narrative conflict.
- 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: Henry Faber Triple: [Eye of the Needle, hasMainCharacter, Henry Faber]
Generated description
Henry Faber is the ruthless German spy known as “The Needle,” who serves as the central antagonist in Ken Follett’s World War II thriller novel *Eye of the Needle*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Faber Target entity description: Henry Faber is the ruthless German spy known as “The Needle,” who serves as the central antagonist in Ken Follett’s World War II thriller novel *Eye of the Needle*.
-
A.
Larry Fagin
Larry Fagin was an American poet, editor, and teacher associated with the New York School and other avant-garde literary circles.
-
B.
Roger Malvin
Roger Malvin is a fictional frontiersman in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” whose broken promise and lingering guilt drive the tale’s tragic exploration of conscience and retribution.
-
C.
Albert Woolson
Albert Woolson was an American Civil War veteran widely recognized as the last surviving member of the Union veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.
-
D.
Hyman Brown
Hyman Brown was a prolific American radio producer and director best known for creating and overseeing classic radio drama series such as "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater."
-
E.
George Denbrough
George Denbrough is a young boy from Stephen King's horror novel "It," whose tragic death at the hands of Pennywise the Clown drives much of the story's emotional and narrative conflict.
- 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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32ed323c081908218460aa4ae3cf6 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00608b7f6081909912dd575979f8d7 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0062b6637c81908a619e36af7d6989 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00639024d08190a46256691e89953a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.