Triple

T20928211
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waiting for the Barbarians E515400 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Colonel Joll — 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: Colonel Joll | Statement: [Waiting for the Barbarians, mainCharacter, Colonel Joll]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colonel Joll
Context triple: [Waiting for the Barbarians, mainCharacter, Colonel Joll]
  • A. Colonel Howard
    Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
  • B. Colonel Kenny
    Colonel Kenny was a British military officer noted for his command role in the Battle of Gawilghur during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
  • C. Colonel Bobi
    Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
  • D. Colonel Lloyd
    Colonel Lloyd is a central fictional character in the "Little Colonel" series, portrayed as a proud, aristocratic Southern gentleman whose relationship with his granddaughter drives much of the stories’ drama and sentiment.
  • E. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • 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: Colonel Joll
Target entity description: Colonel Joll is a cold, sadistic officer of the Empire’s security forces in J.M. Coetzee’s novel "Waiting for the Barbarians," embodying the brutality and moral blindness of authoritarian power.
  • A. Colonel Howard
    Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
  • B. Colonel Kenny
    Colonel Kenny was a British military officer noted for his command role in the Battle of Gawilghur during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
  • C. Colonel Bobi
    Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
  • D. Colonel Lloyd
    Colonel Lloyd is a central fictional character in the "Little Colonel" series, portrayed as a proud, aristocratic Southern gentleman whose relationship with his granddaughter drives much of the stories’ drama and sentiment.
  • E. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • 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_69e0b4fb431c8190b9d40e6a72f0cc87 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6f653a25c8190adb46f5d764afba7 completed April 21, 2026, 4 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:49 p.m.