Triple
T1678446
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | War Horse |
E36284
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sergeant Fry
Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
|
E190439
|
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: Sergeant Fry | Statement: [War Horse, character, Sergeant Fry]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Fry Context triple: [War Horse, character, Sergeant Fry]
-
A.
Lieutenant Vernon
Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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B.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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C.
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney is a tough, no-nonsense British army sergeant and one of the central military characters in the classic adventure film *Gunga Din*.
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D.
Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick
Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick was a United States Marine who became the inaugural Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, helping to define the senior enlisted leadership role in the service.
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E.
Commander Schultz
Commander Schultz is a sympathetic and conflicted military officer in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," who ultimately aids the film’s oppressed protagonists.
- 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: Sergeant Fry Triple: [War Horse, character, Sergeant Fry]
Generated description
Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Fry Target entity description: Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
-
A.
Lieutenant Vernon
Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
-
B.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
-
C.
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney is a tough, no-nonsense British army sergeant and one of the central military characters in the classic adventure film *Gunga Din*.
-
D.
Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick
Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick was a United States Marine who became the inaugural Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, helping to define the senior enlisted leadership role in the service.
-
E.
Commander Schultz
Commander Schultz is a sympathetic and conflicted military officer in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," who ultimately aids the film’s oppressed protagonists.
- 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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa625f7e1081909c3c4fe76625783a |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad71ba4db08190a532fb334fd0cd23 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad73cfce488190b0ed6b85713281d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad74401cbc8190bfaba1e9f32810bc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.