Triple
T2250437
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smiley’s People |
E49603
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Otto Leipzig
Otto Leipzig is a minor but pivotal informant and former agent in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Smiley’s People," known for triggering George Smiley’s final investigation into the Soviet spymaster Karla.
|
E267928
|
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: Otto Leipzig | Statement: [Smiley’s People, character, Otto Leipzig]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Leipzig Context triple: [Smiley’s People, character, Otto Leipzig]
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A.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
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B.
Friedrich Bonte
Friedrich Bonte was a German Kriegsmarine officer and flotilla leader who commanded the German destroyer forces during the early World War II naval operations in Norway.
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C.
Friedrich Eberhardt
Friedrich Eberhardt was a German military officer who commanded forces during the early stages of World War II, including operations in the 1939 invasion of Poland.
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D.
Heinrich Eberbach
Heinrich Eberbach was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, noted for his leadership of armored formations on the Eastern Front and in the Normandy campaign.
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E.
Rudolf Lange
Rudolf Lange was a high-ranking SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who played a key role in mass shootings in Latvia and participated in the Wannsee Conference that coordinated the "Final Solution."
- 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: Otto Leipzig Triple: [Smiley’s People, character, Otto Leipzig]
Generated description
Otto Leipzig is a minor but pivotal informant and former agent in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Smiley’s People," known for triggering George Smiley’s final investigation into the Soviet spymaster Karla.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Leipzig Target entity description: Otto Leipzig is a minor but pivotal informant and former agent in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Smiley’s People," known for triggering George Smiley’s final investigation into the Soviet spymaster Karla.
-
A.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
-
B.
Friedrich Bonte
Friedrich Bonte was a German Kriegsmarine officer and flotilla leader who commanded the German destroyer forces during the early World War II naval operations in Norway.
-
C.
Friedrich Eberhardt
Friedrich Eberhardt was a German military officer who commanded forces during the early stages of World War II, including operations in the 1939 invasion of Poland.
-
D.
Heinrich Eberbach
Heinrich Eberbach was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, noted for his leadership of armored formations on the Eastern Front and in the Normandy campaign.
-
E.
Rudolf Lange
Rudolf Lange was a high-ranking SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who played a key role in mass shootings in Latvia and participated in the Wannsee Conference that coordinated the "Final Solution."
- 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc11b61888190af3b11b87dc8e0dc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aef085c9f48190a9adfff98c30f4f5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aef4301658819089163e8a4c640c01 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aef817f22481908a5fdcb46fa095d2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.