Triple
T16525381
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Hard Way |
E401420
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Lane
Edward Lane is a fictional character, likely a central figure in the thriller novel "The Hard Way" by Lee Child.
|
E1217999
|
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: Edward Lane | Statement: [The Hard Way, featuresCharacter, Edward Lane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Lane Context triple: [The Hard Way, featuresCharacter, Edward Lane]
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A.
Richard Lane
Richard Lane was a co-founder of the British publishing house Penguin Books, which became famous for pioneering affordable, high-quality paperback editions.
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B.
Richard Lane
Richard Lane was an American character actor and announcer known for his prolific work in film and early television, often playing fast-talking reporters or authority figures.
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C.
Edward Talbot
Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
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D.
Philip Hudson
Philip Hudson was an Australian architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance war memorial.
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E.
Charles Lane
Charles Lane was a 19th-century English transcendentalist and social reformer who co-founded the short-lived Fruitlands utopian community in Massachusetts with Bronson Alcott.
- 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: Edward Lane Triple: [The Hard Way, featuresCharacter, Edward Lane]
Generated description
Edward Lane is a fictional character, likely a central figure in the thriller novel "The Hard Way" by Lee Child.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Lane Target entity description: Edward Lane is a fictional character, likely a central figure in the thriller novel "The Hard Way" by Lee Child.
-
A.
Richard Lane
Richard Lane was a co-founder of the British publishing house Penguin Books, which became famous for pioneering affordable, high-quality paperback editions.
-
B.
Richard Lane
Richard Lane was an American character actor and announcer known for his prolific work in film and early television, often playing fast-talking reporters or authority figures.
-
C.
Edward Talbot
Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
-
D.
Philip Hudson
Philip Hudson was an Australian architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance war memorial.
-
E.
Charles Lane
Charles Lane was a prolific American character actor known for his portrayals of stern, officious men in hundreds of films and television shows across a career spanning more than 60 years.
- 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_6a00608d36dc8190a094fa4513147c85 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0061a6e1e88190a5efe0430db0bd9b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00627908988190803707069872e4c5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.