Triple

T2551817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Bulwer-Lytton E56643 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Paul Clifford
Paul Clifford is an 1830 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, best known for opening with the famously clichéd line "It was a dark and stormy night."
E278073 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 Clifford | Statement: [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, notableWork, Paul Clifford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Clifford
Context triple: [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, notableWork, Paul Clifford]
  • A. Richard Clifford
    Richard Clifford is a British actor and director known for his work in theatre and film, as well as his long-term partnership with Sir Derek Jacobi.
  • B. Clive
    Clive is a surname most famously associated with Robert Clive, the 18th-century British officer who played a key role in establishing British rule in India.
  • C. Bartholomew Allerton
    Bartholomew Allerton was a child passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Plymouth Colony settler Isaac Allerton, making him part of the early English Pilgrim community in New England.
  • D. Henry Hall
    Henry Hall is the son of American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus and musician Brad Hall.
  • E. John Black
    John Black is a television director best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off special "K-9 and Company."
  • 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 Clifford
Triple: [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, notableWork, Paul Clifford]
Generated description
Paul Clifford is an 1830 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, best known for opening with the famously clichéd line "It was a dark and stormy night."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Clifford
Target entity description: Paul Clifford is an 1830 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, best known for opening with the famously clichéd line "It was a dark and stormy night."
  • A. Richard Clifford
    Richard Clifford is a British actor and director known for his work in theatre and film, as well as his long-term partnership with Sir Derek Jacobi.
  • B. Clive
    Clive is a surname most famously associated with Robert Clive, the 18th-century British officer who played a key role in establishing British rule in India.
  • C. Bartholomew Allerton
    Bartholomew Allerton was a child passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Plymouth Colony settler Isaac Allerton, making him part of the early English Pilgrim community in New England.
  • D. Henry Hall
    Henry Hall is the son of American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus and musician Brad Hall.
  • E. John Black
    John Black is a television director best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off special "K-9 and Company."
  • 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_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd30a91348190aea0dbd1efb6f8cc completed March 7, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5d14a58c819094250ee393f95a37 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5db274e48190a7d2b178b911b6cd completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e0c85148190910a1de7897a602c completed March 9, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.