Triple
T19179064
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manifold: Time |
E469521
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cornelius Taine |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Cornelius Taine | Statement: [Manifold: Time, mainCharacter, Cornelius Taine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Taine Context triple: [Manifold: Time, mainCharacter, Cornelius Taine]
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A.
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
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B.
William P. Lecky
William P. Lecky was an architect best known for designing the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Charles Manning Freeman
Charles Manning Freeman was the husband of American author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, known primarily in relation to her life and literary career.
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D.
Robert Hurrell Froude
Robert Hurrell Froude was a 19th-century English Anglican priest and theologian associated with the Oxford Movement.
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E.
Philip Toynbee
Philip Toynbee was a British writer, literary critic, and journalist known for his work at The Observer and his introspective, often experimental novels and memoirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Taine Target entity description: Cornelius Taine is the central protagonist of Rudy Rucker’s science-fiction novel "The Manifold: Time," a mathematician who explores the implications of advanced physics and cosmology.
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A.
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
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B.
William P. Lecky
William P. Lecky was an architect best known for designing the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Charles Manning Freeman
Charles Manning Freeman was the husband of American author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, known primarily in relation to her life and literary career.
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D.
Robert Hurrell Froude
Robert Hurrell Froude was a 19th-century English Anglican priest and theologian associated with the Oxford Movement.
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E.
Philip Toynbee
Philip Toynbee was a British writer, literary critic, and journalist known for his work at The Observer and his introspective, often experimental novels and memoirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8dd09d5a081909ae43c286651ae5a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5f619c60c81909d11489525add829 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:07 p.m.