Triple

T2901601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illusions perdues E62664 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Étienne Lousteau
Étienne Lousteau is a cynical, opportunistic journalist in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Illusions perdues," embodying the corrupt and manipulative world of Parisian literary society.
E319883 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: Étienne Lousteau | Statement: [Illusions perdues, mainCharacter, Étienne Lousteau]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Étienne Lousteau
Context triple: [Illusions perdues, mainCharacter, Étienne Lousteau]
  • A. Charles Texier
    Charles Texier was a 19th-century French archaeologist and explorer known for pioneering excavations and studies of ancient Anatolian sites.
  • B. Louis Lachenal
    Louis Lachenal was a pioneering French mountaineer best known as a member of the 1950 expedition that made the first ascent of an 8,000-meter peak.
  • C. Théodore Maunoir
    Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
  • D. Pierre-Adolphe Valette
    Pierre-Adolphe Valette was a French-born painter and influential art teacher in Manchester, best known for his atmospheric urban scenes and for mentoring the young L. S. Lowry.
  • E. Armand Petitjean
    Armand Petitjean was a French perfumer and entrepreneur best known for creating the luxury cosmetics and fragrance brand Lancôme in the 1930s.
  • 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: Étienne Lousteau
Triple: [Illusions perdues, mainCharacter, Étienne Lousteau]
Generated description
Étienne Lousteau is a cynical, opportunistic journalist in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Illusions perdues," embodying the corrupt and manipulative world of Parisian literary society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Étienne Lousteau
Target entity description: Étienne Lousteau is a cynical, opportunistic journalist in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Illusions perdues," embodying the corrupt and manipulative world of Parisian literary society.
  • A. Charles Texier
    Charles Texier was a 19th-century French archaeologist and explorer known for pioneering excavations and studies of ancient Anatolian sites.
  • B. Louis Lachenal
    Louis Lachenal was a pioneering French mountaineer best known as a member of the 1950 expedition that made the first ascent of an 8,000-meter peak.
  • C. Théodore Maunoir
    Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
  • D. Pierre-Adolphe Valette
    Pierre-Adolphe Valette was a French-born painter and influential art teacher in Manchester, best known for his atmospheric urban scenes and for mentoring the young L. S. Lowry.
  • E. Armand Petitjean
    Armand Petitjean was a French perfumer and entrepreneur best known for creating the luxury cosmetics and fragrance brand Lancôme in the 1930s.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b261c081909b66b21520b4731b completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1de8b9378819084861d65dd2b9528 completed March 11, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1df4acf2881908e969fe0512721bc completed March 11, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1dff55d5881909b14239a4232e617 completed March 11, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.