Triple

T2953469
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lost Weekend E79875 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Don Birnam
Don Birnam is the alcoholic, self-destructive protagonist of the novel and film "The Lost Weekend," whose binge drinking over several days exposes the harrowing realities of addiction.
E315130 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: Don Birnam | Statement: [The Lost Weekend, character, Don Birnam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Birnam
Context triple: [The Lost Weekend, character, Don Birnam]
  • 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. Thomas Dunbar
    Thomas Dunbar was a British Army officer who played a significant role in the Braddock Expedition during the French and Indian War.
  • D. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • E. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • 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: Don Birnam
Triple: [The Lost Weekend, character, Don Birnam]
Generated description
Don Birnam is the alcoholic, self-destructive protagonist of the novel and film "The Lost Weekend," whose binge drinking over several days exposes the harrowing realities of addiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Birnam
Target entity description: Don Birnam is the alcoholic, self-destructive protagonist of the novel and film "The Lost Weekend," whose binge drinking over several days exposes the harrowing realities of addiction.
  • 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. Thomas Dunbar
    Thomas Dunbar was a British Army officer who played a significant role in the Braddock Expedition during the French and Indian War.
  • D. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • E. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • 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_69ad8b1276588190a374a0b12e0f7bdf completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad98fe4b688190a0f68c4f80cd6f8f completed March 8, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc82d1248190869beffffc0bf956 completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0fd25e07c819088b2b1bcef4cf54e completed March 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b100ecbee081908832ddec0efdc751 completed March 11, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.