Triple
T20928487
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Slow Man |
E515406
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Rayment
Paul Rayment is the aging, introspective protagonist of J. M. Coetzee’s novel "Slow Man," whose life is upended by a cycling accident that forces him to confront questions of identity, dependence, and human connection.
|
E1463800
|
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: Paul Rayment | Statement: [Slow Man, mainCharacter, Paul Rayment]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Rayment Context triple: [Slow Man, mainCharacter, Paul Rayment]
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A.
Jonathan Brackley
Jonathan Brackley is a British television writer and producer best known for co-creating and writing the sci-fi drama series "Humans."
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B.
Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
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C.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
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D.
Stephen Pycroft
Stephen Pycroft is a British businessman best known as the founder of the construction and consultancy company Mace Group.
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E.
Rob Marchant
Rob Marchant is a musician best known as a member of the punk rock band The Riverboat Gamblers.
- 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: Paul Rayment Triple: [Slow Man, mainCharacter, Paul Rayment]
Generated description
Paul Rayment is the aging, introspective protagonist of J. M. Coetzee’s novel "Slow Man," whose life is upended by a cycling accident that forces him to confront questions of identity, dependence, and human connection.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Rayment Target entity description: Paul Rayment is the aging, introspective protagonist of J. M. Coetzee’s novel "Slow Man," whose life is upended by a cycling accident that forces him to confront questions of identity, dependence, and human connection.
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A.
Jonathan Brackley
Jonathan Brackley is a British television writer and producer best known for co-creating and writing the sci-fi drama series "Humans."
-
B.
Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
-
C.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
-
D.
Stephen Pycroft
Stephen Pycroft is a British businessman best known as the founder of the construction and consultancy company Mace Group.
-
E.
Rob Marchant
Rob Marchant is a musician best known as a member of the punk rock band The Riverboat Gamblers.
- 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_69e0b4fb431c8190b9d40e6a72f0cc87 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6f653a25c8190adb46f5d764afba7 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a094731fb4481909b80ff5105d6f48a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0948e724748190a2dd91be5a9888ff |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0949e567808190aa71f542a850a516 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:49 p.m.