Triple

T3798900
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Of Mice and Men E91639 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Curley
Curley is the aggressive, insecure son of the ranch boss in John Steinbeck’s novel "Of Mice and Men," known for his confrontational behavior and pivotal role in the story’s conflict.
E388946 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: Curley | Statement: [Of Mice and Men, character, Curley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curley
Context triple: [Of Mice and Men, character, Curley]
  • A. Clyde
    Clyde is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with the River Clyde in Scotland and used widely in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Clyde
    Clyde is the thistle-inspired cartoon character that served as the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • C. Pancho
    Pancho is a common Spanish nickname typically used as a familiar or affectionate form of the given name Francisco.
  • D. Curly McLain
    Curly McLain is the charming cowboy protagonist of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!"
  • E. Lobster Johnson
    Lobster Johnson is a pulp-style vigilante superhero from Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe, known for his fiery claw symbol and battles against gangsters and occult threats in 1930s America.
  • 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: Curley
Triple: [Of Mice and Men, character, Curley]
Generated description
Curley is the aggressive, insecure son of the ranch boss in John Steinbeck’s novel "Of Mice and Men," known for his confrontational behavior and pivotal role in the story’s conflict.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curley
Target entity description: Curley is the aggressive, insecure son of the ranch boss in John Steinbeck’s novel "Of Mice and Men," known for his confrontational behavior and pivotal role in the story’s conflict.
  • A. Clyde
    Clyde is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with the River Clyde in Scotland and used widely in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Clyde
    Clyde is the thistle-inspired cartoon character that served as the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • C. Pancho
    Pancho is a common Spanish nickname typically used as a familiar or affectionate form of the given name Francisco.
  • D. Curly McLain
    Curly McLain is the charming cowboy protagonist of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!"
  • E. Lobster Johnson
    Lobster Johnson is a pulp-style vigilante superhero from Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe, known for his fiery claw symbol and battles against gangsters and occult threats in 1930s America.
  • 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_69aed96354f48190a768966d6bd19b04 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee7a270908190ac30537a22f3d500 completed March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4f064471881908b52b2f64e50a83d completed March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4f1fae7ac8190909b05c0d685e377 completed March 14, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4f29e5fb48190982ab2844eb8c179 completed March 14, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m.