Triple
T382237
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The English Patient |
E8704
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Count László de Almásy
Count László de Almásy is a mysterious, badly burned Hungarian cartographer and desert explorer whose fragmented memories and tragic love affair drive the narrative of Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, The English Patient.
|
E49513
|
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: Count László de Almásy | Statement: [The English Patient, mainCharacter, Count László de Almásy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Count László de Almásy Context triple: [The English Patient, mainCharacter, Count László de Almásy]
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A.
Steven F. Udvar-Házy
Steven F. Udvar-Házy is a Hungarian-American aircraft leasing pioneer and billionaire businessman known for co-founding International Lease Finance Corporation and for his major philanthropic support of aviation museums.
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B.
Karl Ritter von Halt
Karl Ritter von Halt was a German sports official and Nazi-era functionary who later faced prosecution for his involvement with the regime’s industrial and political activities.
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C.
Rudolf E. Kálmán
Rudolf E. Kálmán was a pioneering Hungarian-American electrical engineer and mathematician best known for developing the Kalman filter, a fundamental algorithm in control theory and signal processing.
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D.
Victor Laszlo
Victor Laszlo is a heroic resistance leader and freedom fighter in the classic film "Casablanca," known for his unwavering courage and moral integrity.
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E.
László Löwenstein
László Löwenstein, better known as Peter Lorre, was a Hungarian-American actor famed for his distinctive voice and portrayals of sinister or neurotic characters in classic films such as "M" and "The Maltese Falcon."
- 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: Count László de Almásy Triple: [The English Patient, mainCharacter, Count László de Almásy]
Generated description
Count László de Almásy is a mysterious, badly burned Hungarian cartographer and desert explorer whose fragmented memories and tragic love affair drive the narrative of Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, The English Patient.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Count László de Almásy Target entity description: Count László de Almásy is a mysterious, badly burned Hungarian cartographer and desert explorer whose fragmented memories and tragic love affair drive the narrative of Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, The English Patient.
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A.
Steven F. Udvar-Házy
Steven F. Udvar-Házy is a Hungarian-American aircraft leasing pioneer and billionaire businessman known for co-founding International Lease Finance Corporation and for his major philanthropic support of aviation museums.
-
B.
Karl Ritter von Halt
Karl Ritter von Halt was a German sports official and Nazi-era functionary who later faced prosecution for his involvement with the regime’s industrial and political activities.
-
C.
Rudolf E. Kálmán
Rudolf E. Kálmán was a pioneering Hungarian-American electrical engineer and mathematician best known for developing the Kalman filter, a fundamental algorithm in control theory and signal processing.
-
D.
Victor Laszlo
Victor Laszlo is a heroic resistance leader and freedom fighter in the classic film "Casablanca," known for his unwavering courage and moral integrity.
-
E.
László Löwenstein
László Löwenstein, better known as Peter Lorre, was a Hungarian-American actor famed for his distinctive voice and portrayals of sinister or neurotic characters in classic films such as "M" and "The Maltese Falcon."
- 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec2e3d5c8190b358bd9fd6b16a14 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4034e9fc88190af3bbd460019c025 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a404d4bca08190ab26445f233d5d82 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4055b48fc81908a2b7fa1725bbdc4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:22 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.