Triple
T21571844
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vanity Fair |
E532302
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Dobbin |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Dobbin | Statement: [Vanity Fair, mainCharacter, William Dobbin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dobbin Context triple: [Vanity Fair, mainCharacter, William Dobbin]
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A.
William Dobbin
chosen
William Dobbin is a loyal, self-effacing army officer in William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel "Vanity Fair," known for his unrequited love for Amelia Sedley and his moral contrast to the book’s more cynical characters.
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B.
John Vatcher
John Vatcher is a Canadian television producer and director best known for his work on the comedy-drama series "Republic of Doyle."
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C.
Carl Winslow
Carl Winslow is a hardworking, no-nonsense Chicago police officer and devoted family man best known as the father figure on the sitcom "Family Matters."
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D.
Chas Newby
Chas Newby was an English bassist best known for briefly playing with the Beatles in their early years.
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E.
Roderick Plummer
Roderick Plummer is known as the husband of American actress and singer Cynda Williams.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0c460db088190828c64206a450273 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69eee9cd50188190b44eb25fb87312bb |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:30 p.m.