Triple

T4205482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Little Men E86172 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Nat Blake
Nat Blake is a shy, musically gifted orphan boy who becomes one of the central students at Jo Bhaer’s school in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Little Men."
 E420729 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: Nat Blake | Statement: [Little Men, mainCharacter, Nat Blake]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nat Blake
Context triple: [Little Men, mainCharacter, Nat Blake]
  • A. Bobby Troup
    Bobby Troup was an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and actor best known for penning classic tunes like "Route 66" and for his work in film and television.
  • B. Bobby Webster
    Bobby Webster is a professional basketball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, helping build the roster that won the 2019 championship.
  • C. Johnny Burke
    Johnny Burke was an American lyricist best known for writing popular standards for film and popular music, often in partnership with composer Jimmy Van Heusen.
  • D. Eden Ahbez
    Eden Ahbez was an American songwriter and proto-hippie figure best known for composing the standard "Nature Boy" and influencing mid-20th-century popular music with his bohemian lifestyle and mystical themes.
  • E. Pinetop Sparks
    Pinetop Sparks was an American blues pianist and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic blues standard "Every Day I Have the Blues."
  • 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: Nat Blake
Triple: [Little Men, mainCharacter, Nat Blake]
Generated description
Nat Blake is a shy, musically gifted orphan boy who becomes one of the central students at Jo Bhaer’s school in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Little Men."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nat Blake
Target entity description: Nat Blake is a shy, musically gifted orphan boy who becomes one of the central students at Jo Bhaer’s school in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Little Men."
  • A. Bobby Troup
    Bobby Troup was an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and actor best known for penning classic tunes like "Route 66" and for his work in film and television.
  • B. Bobby Webster
    Bobby Webster is a professional basketball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, helping build the roster that won the 2019 championship.
  • C. Johnny Burke
    Johnny Burke was an American lyricist best known for writing popular standards for film and popular music, often in partnership with composer Jimmy Van Heusen.
  • D. Eden Ahbez
    Eden Ahbez was an American songwriter and proto-hippie figure best known for composing the standard "Nature Boy" and influencing mid-20th-century popular music with his bohemian lifestyle and mystical themes.
  • E. Pinetop Sparks
    Pinetop Sparks was an American blues pianist and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic blues standard "Every Day I Have the Blues."
  • 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_69aed93b89f48190a31f6d57c760e42f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af03844314819092639ed7d6ef2c6e completed March 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b58a19c90c819083a750fafa6fd1c7 completed March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58e337aec819092020d46ee235fd1 completed March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58e9f50948190a40254375e76153c completed March 14, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.