Triple

T2698203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency E58563 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Richard MacDuff
Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
E293501 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: Richard MacDuff | Statement: [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, character, Richard MacDuff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard MacDuff
Context triple: [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, character, Richard MacDuff]
  • A. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • B. Duncan
    Duncan is a small city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its many totem poles and rich Indigenous heritage.
  • C. 1st Marquess of Macduff
    The 1st Marquess of Macduff was a Scottish peer from the Duff family who was elevated from Earl Fife and became a prominent aristocrat in the late 19th century.
  • D. James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
    James Douglas, Lord of Douglas was a prominent Scottish noble and military leader who became one of Robert the Bruce’s most trusted lieutenants and a key figure in Scotland’s struggle for independence from England.
  • E. Viscount Dundee
    Viscount Dundee, also known as John Graham of Claverhouse, was a Scottish nobleman and military leader famed for spearheading the first Jacobite rising in support of James VII and II in 1689.
  • 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: Richard MacDuff
Triple: [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, character, Richard MacDuff]
Generated description
Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard MacDuff
Target entity description: Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
  • A. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • B. Duncan
    Duncan is a small city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its many totem poles and rich Indigenous heritage.
  • C. 1st Marquess of Macduff
    The 1st Marquess of Macduff was a Scottish peer from the Duff family who was elevated from Earl Fife and became a prominent aristocrat in the late 19th century.
  • D. James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
    James Douglas, Lord of Douglas was a prominent Scottish noble and military leader who became one of Robert the Bruce’s most trusted lieutenants and a key figure in Scotland’s struggle for independence from England.
  • E. Viscount Dundee
    Viscount Dundee, also known as John Graham of Claverhouse, was a Scottish nobleman and military leader famed for spearheading the first Jacobite rising in support of James VII and II in 1689.
  • 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_69ab4ac269e481909cb317d79e68b75b completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda322af48190833b8a3c006db236 completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afb67e21d481908ce4ec01603767bb completed March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb726182081909570e4cb7a364e4d completed March 10, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb78f9d08819087d6f31fe1e4e61c completed March 10, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.