Triple

T4157093
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Hobbit E91439 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Beorn
Beorn is a powerful skin-changer from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for his ability to transform into a great bear and for aiding Bilbo and the dwarves in The Hobbit.
 E417814 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: Beorn | Statement: [The Hobbit, notableCharacter, Beorn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Beorn
Context triple: [The Hobbit, notableCharacter, Beorn]
  • A. Baranduin
    Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
  • B. Thrúd
    Thrúd is a goddess in Norse mythology, known as the daughter of Thor and Sif and associated with strength.
  • C. Thrór
    Thrór is a Dwarven king from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, remembered as the last King under the Mountain before Smaug seized Erebor.
  • D. Balin
    Balin is a Dwarf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, best known as one of Thorin Oakenshield’s companions on the quest to reclaim Erebor in The Hobbit.
  • E. boar Gullinbursti
    Gullinbursti is a radiant, golden-bristled boar from Norse mythology, crafted by dwarves and serving as the mount and symbol of the god Freyr.
  • 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: Beorn
Triple: [The Hobbit, notableCharacter, Beorn]
Generated description
Beorn is a powerful skin-changer from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for his ability to transform into a great bear and for aiding Bilbo and the dwarves in The Hobbit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Beorn
Target entity description: Beorn is a powerful skin-changer from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known for his ability to transform into a great bear and for aiding Bilbo and the dwarves in The Hobbit.
  • A. Baranduin
    Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
  • B. Thrúd
    Thrúd is a goddess in Norse mythology, known as the daughter of Thor and Sif and associated with strength.
  • C. Thrór
    Thrór is a Dwarven king from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, remembered as the last King under the Mountain before Smaug seized Erebor.
  • D. Balin
    Balin is a Dwarf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, best known as one of Thorin Oakenshield’s companions on the quest to reclaim Erebor in The Hobbit.
  • E. boar Gullinbursti
    Gullinbursti is a radiant, golden-bristled boar from Norse mythology, crafted by dwarves and serving as the mount and symbol of the god Freyr.
  • 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_69aed9626ebc8190a39de631788bea3e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af028fc11c819093fb2f616b97a694 completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f3e3794819095659b7b51dfa742 completed March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5803a2d00819084bcc4932846473e completed March 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b580a0be508190b0410d2de905da71 completed March 14, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.