Triple
T19582807
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stranger in a Strange Land |
E490037
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ben Caxton |
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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: Ben Caxton | Statement: [Stranger in a Strange Land, mainCharacter, Ben Caxton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Caxton Context triple: [Stranger in a Strange Land, mainCharacter, Ben Caxton]
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A.
William Caxton
William Caxton was a 15th-century English merchant, diplomat, and printer best known for introducing the printing press to England and producing some of the first books printed in English.
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B.
Pisistratus Caxton
Pisistratus Caxton is the thoughtful, observant narrator and central figure of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Victorian novel "The Caxtons," through whose eyes the family’s story is told.
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C.
William Gatacre
William Gatacre was a British Army general noted for his service in late 19th-century colonial campaigns, particularly in the Sudan and the Second Boer War.
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D.
Austin Caxton
Austin Caxton is a central fictional character in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel "The Caxtons," around whom much of the family-centered narrative revolves.
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E.
Richard Grafton
Richard Grafton was a 16th-century English printer and publisher best known for producing early English Bibles and serving as the king’s printer under Edward VI.
- 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: Ben Caxton Target entity description: Ben Caxton is a skeptical, hard-nosed journalist in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel "Stranger in a Strange Land," who becomes an early ally and investigator of the mysterious Martian-raised protagonist.
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A.
William Caxton
William Caxton was a 15th-century English merchant, diplomat, and printer best known for introducing the printing press to England and producing some of the first books printed in English.
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B.
Pisistratus Caxton
Pisistratus Caxton is the thoughtful, observant narrator and central figure of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Victorian novel "The Caxtons," through whose eyes the family’s story is told.
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C.
William Gatacre
William Gatacre was a British Army general noted for his service in late 19th-century colonial campaigns, particularly in the Sudan and the Second Boer War.
-
D.
Austin Caxton
Austin Caxton is a central fictional character in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel "The Caxtons," around whom much of the family-centered narrative revolves.
-
E.
Richard Grafton
Richard Grafton was a 16th-century English printer and publisher best known for producing early English Bibles and serving as the king’s printer under Edward VI.
- 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6404e18f88190b7fec59499dd25e8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.