Triple

T19255319
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Five Weeks in a Balloon E481501 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Samuel Fergusson
Dr. Samuel Fergusson is the adventurous British explorer and scientist who undertakes a daring aerial journey across Africa in Jules Verne’s novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon."
E1366685 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: Dr. Samuel Fergusson | Statement: [Five Weeks in a Balloon, mainCharacter, Dr. Samuel Fergusson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Samuel Fergusson
Context triple: [Five Weeks in a Balloon, mainCharacter, Dr. Samuel Fergusson]
  • A. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • B. Dr. John Montague
    Dr. John Montague is a scholarly investigator of the supernatural who organizes and leads the ill-fated paranormal study at Hill House in Shirley Jackson’s novel "The Haunting of Hill House."
  • C. Dr. John W. Thackery
    Dr. John W. Thackery is a brilliant but deeply troubled early-20th-century surgeon whose groundbreaking medical innovations are driven by his severe addiction and personal demons.
  • D. Dr. Alexander Isaacs
    Dr. Alexander Isaacs is a primary antagonist in the Resident Evil film series, depicted as a high-ranking Umbrella Corporation scientist obsessed with controlling the T-virus and humanity’s evolution.
  • E. John Gillon
    John Gillon is the central protagonist of the film "Diggstown," a cunning ex-con and boxing hustler who masterminds an elaborate scheme around a small-town boxing challenge.
  • 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: Dr. Samuel Fergusson
Triple: [Five Weeks in a Balloon, mainCharacter, Dr. Samuel Fergusson]
Generated description
Dr. Samuel Fergusson is the adventurous British explorer and scientist who undertakes a daring aerial journey across Africa in Jules Verne’s novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Samuel Fergusson
Target entity description: Dr. Samuel Fergusson is the adventurous British explorer and scientist who undertakes a daring aerial journey across Africa in Jules Verne’s novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon."
  • A. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • B. Dr. John Montague
    Dr. John Montague is a scholarly investigator of the supernatural who organizes and leads the ill-fated paranormal study at Hill House in Shirley Jackson’s novel "The Haunting of Hill House."
  • C. Dr. John W. Thackery
    Dr. John W. Thackery is a brilliant but deeply troubled early-20th-century surgeon whose groundbreaking medical innovations are driven by his severe addiction and personal demons.
  • D. Dr. Alexander Isaacs
    Dr. Alexander Isaacs is a primary antagonist in the Resident Evil film series, depicted as a high-ranking Umbrella Corporation scientist obsessed with controlling the T-virus and humanity’s evolution.
  • E. John Gillon
    John Gillon is the central protagonist of the film "Diggstown," a cunning ex-con and boxing hustler who masterminds an elaborate scheme around a small-town boxing challenge.
  • 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_69d8e8cd9d1081908a181d02b88b59b8 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5fb3459d08190a7c28ed3f8c82a97 completed April 20, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0705e746688190888834aa0206ac07 completed May 15, 2026, 11:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0706d7c63c8190a7114937af40b294 completed May 15, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a070763ca5c81908afa73b30645223a completed May 15, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 p.m.