Triple
T2557533
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Week in December |
E56761
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Veals
John Veals is a ruthless, ultra-wealthy hedge fund manager in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "A Week in December," embodying the excesses and moral ambiguities of high finance in contemporary London.
|
E278244
|
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: John Veals | Statement: [A Week in December, mainCharacter, John Veals]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Veals Context triple: [A Week in December, mainCharacter, John Veals]
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A.
Michael Chapman
Michael Chapman was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
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B.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is an American folk singer-songwriter and humorist known for his witty, confessional songs and influential albums since the 1970s.
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C.
John Callaghan
John Callaghan is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Callaghan.
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D.
Douglas Glenn Colvin
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known as Dee Dee Ramone, was the bassist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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E.
Dan Foy
Dan Foy is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Burbank, Illinois.
- 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: John Veals Triple: [A Week in December, mainCharacter, John Veals]
Generated description
John Veals is a ruthless, ultra-wealthy hedge fund manager in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "A Week in December," embodying the excesses and moral ambiguities of high finance in contemporary London.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Veals Target entity description: John Veals is a ruthless, ultra-wealthy hedge fund manager in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "A Week in December," embodying the excesses and moral ambiguities of high finance in contemporary London.
-
A.
Michael Chapman
Michael Chapman was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
-
B.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is an American folk singer-songwriter and humorist known for his witty, confessional songs and influential albums since the 1970s.
-
C.
John Callaghan
John Callaghan is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Callaghan.
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D.
Douglas Glenn Colvin
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known as Dee Dee Ramone, was the bassist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
-
E.
Dan Foy
Dan Foy is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Burbank, Illinois.
- 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_69abd310b3a48190b275be13eb050e57 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5d1d937c8190ac6b7bb405a49c3c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5dc7ef4c81908581716c07dcae47 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5e69ac3481908f48ad0efcd13767 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.