Triple
T3288394
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone |
E69040
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Leo Proudhammer
Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
|
E352164
|
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: Leo Proudhammer | Statement: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, mainCharacter, Leo Proudhammer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Proudhammer Context triple: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, mainCharacter, Leo Proudhammer]
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A.
Harvey Pitts
Harvey Pitts is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Pitts.
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B.
Joe Grant
Joe Grant was an influential American Disney story artist and writer known for shaping the narratives and characters of many classic animated films.
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C.
Thomas Parris
Thomas Parris was a member of the Parris family of colonial Salem, known primarily as the brother of Elizabeth Parris, whose accusations helped spark the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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E.
Charles Roane
Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
- 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: Leo Proudhammer Triple: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, mainCharacter, Leo Proudhammer]
Generated description
Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Proudhammer Target entity description: Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
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A.
Harvey Pitts
Harvey Pitts is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Pitts.
-
B.
Joe Grant
Joe Grant was an influential American Disney story artist and writer known for shaping the narratives and characters of many classic animated films.
-
C.
Thomas Parris
Thomas Parris was a member of the Parris family of colonial Salem, known primarily as the brother of Elizabeth Parris, whose accusations helped spark the Salem witch trials.
-
D.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
-
E.
Charles Roane
Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
- 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_69ad859d45748190b0742408c954b39f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb058e00881908fdf0a23208860d4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b33419707881908535eadd65500bee |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b334a0f5588190bd7d4b3f50f8dd94 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3350453c08190891f20f6ce94e465 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.