Triple

T18901307
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tower and the Hive series E462345 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Afra Lyon
Afra Lyon is a central telepathic character in Anne McCaffrey’s science fiction "Tower and the Hive" series, known for his pivotal role in the expansion and defense of human psychic civilization.
E1348054 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: Afra Lyon | Statement: [The Tower and the Hive series, mainCharacter, Afra Lyon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afra Lyon
Context triple: [The Tower and the Hive series, mainCharacter, Afra Lyon]
  • A. Arthurette
    Arthurette is a small rural community located in Victoria County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  • B. Allanetta
    Allanetta is a genus of New World silversides, small ray-finned fishes in the family Atherinopsidae found in marine and coastal waters.
  • C. Augusta McVickar
    Augusta McVickar was an American socialite of the Gilded Age, known primarily as the wife of prominent New York lawyer and reformer William Jay.
  • D. Lorez Alexandria
    Lorez Alexandria was an American jazz and gospel singer known for her rich, soulful voice and sophisticated phrasing.
  • E. London Brown
    London Brown is an American actor and comedian best known for his role on the HBO series "Ballers."
  • 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: Afra Lyon
Triple: [The Tower and the Hive series, mainCharacter, Afra Lyon]
Generated description
Afra Lyon is a central telepathic character in Anne McCaffrey’s science fiction "Tower and the Hive" series, known for his pivotal role in the expansion and defense of human psychic civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afra Lyon
Target entity description: Afra Lyon is a central telepathic character in Anne McCaffrey’s science fiction "Tower and the Hive" series, known for his pivotal role in the expansion and defense of human psychic civilization.
  • A. Arthurette
    Arthurette is a small rural community located in Victoria County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  • B. Allanetta
    Allanetta is a genus of New World silversides, small ray-finned fishes in the family Atherinopsidae found in marine and coastal waters.
  • C. Augusta McVickar
    Augusta McVickar was an American socialite of the Gilded Age, known primarily as the wife of prominent New York lawyer and reformer William Jay.
  • D. Lorez Alexandria
    Lorez Alexandria was an American jazz and gospel singer known for her rich, soulful voice and sophisticated phrasing.
  • E. London Brown
    London Brown is an American actor and comedian best known for his role on the HBO series "Ballers."
  • 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_69d8dcfd05bc819088903cca13cc2846 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5c52954bc8190a237627c09615ac1 completed April 20, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0582bc878c8190bfb5f058aa272225 completed May 14, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05871baa5881908c3c0f407b2d82c0 completed May 14, 2026, 8:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0587acbf1c819088bae20aa89783eb completed May 14, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.