Triple

T19469696
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Dogs E487088 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Bernard Tremaine
Bernard Tremaine is the central figure in Ian McEwan’s novel "Black Dogs," around whose life and experiences the book’s exploration of political idealism, personal trauma, and postwar Europe revolves.
E1377519 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: Bernard Tremaine | Statement: [Black Dogs, mainCharacter, Bernard Tremaine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Tremaine
Context triple: [Black Dogs, mainCharacter, Bernard Tremaine]
  • A. Victor Du Bois
    Victor Du Bois is a film editor best known for his work on the action drama movie "Never Back Down."
  • B. Jean-Pierre Bellefleur
    Jean-Pierre Bellefleur is a fictional character named Bellefleur, likely featured in a narrative work such as a novel, film, or television series.
  • C. David Devereaux
    David Devereaux is a minor fictional character from the television sitcom "The Golden Girls," known primarily as the son of Blanche Devereaux.
  • D. Benson DuBois
    Benson DuBois is the witty, sharp-tongued butler-turned-state official portrayed by Robert Guillaume in the sitcoms "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
  • E. George Devereaux
    George Devereaux is the late husband of Blanche Devereaux, a character referenced in the television sitcom "The Golden Girls."
  • 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: Bernard Tremaine
Triple: [Black Dogs, mainCharacter, Bernard Tremaine]
Generated description
Bernard Tremaine is the central figure in Ian McEwan’s novel "Black Dogs," around whose life and experiences the book’s exploration of political idealism, personal trauma, and postwar Europe revolves.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Tremaine
Target entity description: Bernard Tremaine is the central figure in Ian McEwan’s novel "Black Dogs," around whose life and experiences the book’s exploration of political idealism, personal trauma, and postwar Europe revolves.
  • A. Victor Du Bois
    Victor Du Bois is a film editor best known for his work on the action drama movie "Never Back Down."
  • B. Jean-Pierre Bellefleur
    Jean-Pierre Bellefleur is a fictional character named Bellefleur, likely featured in a narrative work such as a novel, film, or television series.
  • C. David Devereaux
    David Devereaux is a minor fictional character from the television sitcom "The Golden Girls," known primarily as the son of Blanche Devereaux.
  • D. Benson DuBois
    Benson DuBois is the witty, sharp-tongued butler-turned-state official portrayed by Robert Guillaume in the sitcoms "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
  • E. George Devereaux
    George Devereaux is the late husband of Blanche Devereaux, a character referenced in the television sitcom "The Golden Girls."
  • 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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e633e6fd988190b79be580b65746fe completed April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a073b41f34c8190abc737a01bc09973 completed May 15, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a073bd8fd108190b4aa79dcdf3c2758 completed May 15, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a073c574c808190b2ae6df5477c27bb completed May 15, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.