Triple

T1842909
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Hazard of New Fortunes E41215 entity
Predicate protagonist P268 FINISHED
Object Basil March
Basil March is the central character in William Dean Howells's novel "A Hazard of New Fortunes," a reflective, middle-class editor whose experiences illuminate the social and cultural tensions of late 19th-century New York City.
E207279 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: Basil March | Statement: [A Hazard of New Fortunes, protagonist, Basil March]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil March
Context triple: [A Hazard of New Fortunes, protagonist, Basil March]
  • A. Charles Belcher
    Charles Belcher was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for supporting roles in early 20th-century Hollywood productions.
  • B. Samuel March
    Samuel March was one of the early New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • C. Felix Graham
    Felix Graham is the idealistic young barrister protagonist of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," noted for his strong moral principles and romantic entanglements.
  • D. Alfred Duckett
    Alfred Duckett was an American writer and journalist best known for collaborating with Jackie Robinson on his autobiographical works.
  • E. Adolphus Crosbie
    Adolphus Crosbie is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Small House at Allington," known for his charm, social ambition, and morally conflicted romantic entanglements.
  • 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: Basil March
Triple: [A Hazard of New Fortunes, protagonist, Basil March]
Generated description
Basil March is the central character in William Dean Howells's novel "A Hazard of New Fortunes," a reflective, middle-class editor whose experiences illuminate the social and cultural tensions of late 19th-century New York City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil March
Target entity description: Basil March is the central character in William Dean Howells's novel "A Hazard of New Fortunes," a reflective, middle-class editor whose experiences illuminate the social and cultural tensions of late 19th-century New York City.
  • A. Charles Belcher
    Charles Belcher was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for supporting roles in early 20th-century Hollywood productions.
  • B. Samuel March
    Samuel March was one of the early New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • C. Felix Graham
    Felix Graham is the idealistic young barrister protagonist of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," noted for his strong moral principles and romantic entanglements.
  • D. Alfred Duckett
    Alfred Duckett was an American writer and journalist best known for collaborating with Jackie Robinson on his autobiographical works.
  • E. Adolphus Crosbie
    Adolphus Crosbie is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Small House at Allington," known for his charm, social ambition, and morally conflicted romantic entanglements.
  • 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_69a88648cd44819093303206d96d76ad completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb04eb0748190b226f932e544925f completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69add1c482908190b940497fc5d5db60 completed March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add2ac44f48190bd62c504b31210e8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add305bd108190b5e7e0f3d30a2c58 completed March 8, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.