Triple

T3281865
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ratner’s Star E68889 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Billy Twillig
Billy Twillig is the precocious teenage mathematical prodigy who serves as the central figure in Don DeLillo’s experimental science-fiction novel "Ratner’s Star."
 E345162 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: Billy Twillig | Statement: [Ratner’s Star, mainCharacter, Billy Twillig]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy Twillig
Context triple: [Ratner’s Star, mainCharacter, Billy Twillig]
  • A. Alan Tilvern
    Alan Tilvern was a British character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, including a notable appearance in the live-action/animated film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
  • B. Reri Grist
    Reri Grist is an acclaimed American coloratura soprano renowned for her performances in opera and concert stages worldwide, particularly in works by Mozart and Strauss.
  • C. Sebastian J. Cricket
    Sebastian J. Cricket is the eloquent, introspective cricket who serves as narrator and moral guide in Guillermo del Toro’s dark reimagining of the Pinocchio story.
  • D. Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan was an American character actor of stage and screen, known for his prolific work in early Hollywood films and for helping found the Screen Actors Guild.
  • E. Jimmy Hogarth
    Jimmy Hogarth is a British record producer and songwriter known for his work with prominent artists across pop, rock, and soul music.
  • 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: Billy Twillig
Triple: [Ratner’s Star, mainCharacter, Billy Twillig]
Generated description
Billy Twillig is the precocious teenage mathematical prodigy who serves as the central figure in Don DeLillo’s experimental science-fiction novel "Ratner’s Star."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy Twillig
Target entity description: Billy Twillig is the precocious teenage mathematical prodigy who serves as the central figure in Don DeLillo’s experimental science-fiction novel "Ratner’s Star."
  • A. Alan Tilvern
    Alan Tilvern was a British character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, including a notable appearance in the live-action/animated film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
  • B. Reri Grist
    Reri Grist is an acclaimed American coloratura soprano renowned for her performances in opera and concert stages worldwide, particularly in works by Mozart and Strauss.
  • C. Sebastian J. Cricket
    Sebastian J. Cricket is the eloquent, introspective cricket who serves as narrator and moral guide in Guillermo del Toro’s dark reimagining of the Pinocchio story.
  • D. Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan was an American character actor of stage and screen, known for his prolific work in early Hollywood films and for helping found the Screen Actors Guild.
  • E. Jimmy Hogarth
    Jimmy Hogarth is a British record producer and songwriter known for his work with prominent artists across pop, rock, and soul music.
  • 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_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0345d448190a1f936abe7748e33 completed March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e85528c88190b1e98c680baf3fa8 completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2ec48bf888190a5eeac0aa2cc50c3 completed March 12, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ecd134e88190933e52d7f1f5be2a completed March 12, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.