Triple
T2902969
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gravity’s Rainbow |
E62692
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pointsman
Pointsman is a central character in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," a behaviorist psychologist whose coldly experimental approach to human subjects reflects the book’s themes of control, paranoia, and dehumanization.
|
E309694
|
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: Pointsman | Statement: [Gravity’s Rainbow, character, Pointsman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pointsman Context triple: [Gravity’s Rainbow, character, Pointsman]
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A.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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B.
The Capital Punisher
The Capital Punisher is the nickname of Frank Howard, a towering power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger best known for his time with the Washington Senators in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Homicide Squad
The Homicide Squad is a specialized New York City Police Department unit dedicated to investigating and solving murder cases.
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D.
The Jailer
The Jailer is the central villain of World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion, an ancient ruler of the Maw who seeks to unmake the cosmos and reshape reality to his will.
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E.
Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler is a 2014 neo-noir thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an amoral crime videographer prowling Los Angeles for sensational footage.
- 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: Pointsman Triple: [Gravity’s Rainbow, character, Pointsman]
Generated description
Pointsman is a central character in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," a behaviorist psychologist whose coldly experimental approach to human subjects reflects the book’s themes of control, paranoia, and dehumanization.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pointsman Target entity description: Pointsman is a central character in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," a behaviorist psychologist whose coldly experimental approach to human subjects reflects the book’s themes of control, paranoia, and dehumanization.
-
A.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
-
B.
The Capital Punisher
The Capital Punisher is the nickname of Frank Howard, a towering power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger best known for his time with the Washington Senators in the 1960s and early 1970s.
-
C.
Homicide Squad
The Homicide Squad is a specialized New York City Police Department unit dedicated to investigating and solving murder cases.
-
D.
The Jailer
The Jailer is the central villain of World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion, an ancient ruler of the Maw who seeks to unmake the cosmos and reshape reality to his will.
-
E.
Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler is a 2014 neo-noir thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an amoral crime videographer prowling Los Angeles for sensational footage.
- 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_69abe0b3d20881908cd4f1b465b504af |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b0560885688190b5bb51f40d555c4d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0638095b48190b3d7afa5eeef3e7a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b063edf4ac8190bbcd430c8b584c95 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.