Triple

T3288421
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone E69040 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Christopher
Christopher is a character in James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," contributing to the book’s exploration of race, identity, and personal relationships in mid-20th-century America.
 E343589 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: Christopher | Statement: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, hasCharacter, Christopher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Christopher
Context triple: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, hasCharacter, Christopher]
  • A. Christopher
    Christopher is a common masculine given name of Greek origin, meaning "bearer of Christ."
  • B. Christopher
    Christopher is the full given name of Chris Sununu, an American politician who has served as governor of New Hampshire.
  • C. Christopher
    Christopher is the first name of C.J. Ramone, the bassist who joined the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones in 1989.
  • D. Robert
    Robert is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
  • 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: Christopher
Triple: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, hasCharacter, Christopher]
Generated description
Christopher is a character in James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," contributing to the book’s exploration of race, identity, and personal relationships in mid-20th-century America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Christopher
Target entity description: Christopher is a character in James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," contributing to the book’s exploration of race, identity, and personal relationships in mid-20th-century America.
  • A. Christopher
    Christopher is the full given name of Chris Sununu, an American politician who has served as governor of New Hampshire.
  • B. Christopher
    Christopher is the first name of C.J. Ramone, the bassist who joined the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones in 1989.
  • C. Christopher
    Christopher is a common masculine given name of Greek origin, meaning "bearer of Christ."
  • D. Robert
    Robert is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
  • 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_69b2e862835881909c2f3b8f86f10742 completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8f6a7c48190bc457f348c3a7179 completed March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2e986dcc88190bd3daa6c6fdcb50e completed March 12, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.