Triple

T428730
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rip Van Winkle E9666 entity
Predicate containsCharacter P5716 FINISHED
Object Nicholas Vedder
Nicholas Vedder is a minor character in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as the patriarchal village innkeeper and habitual sitter by the tavern door.
 E53900 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: Nicholas Vedder | Statement: [Rip Van Winkle, containsCharacter, Nicholas Vedder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicholas Vedder
Context triple: [Rip Van Winkle, containsCharacter, Nicholas Vedder]
  • A. Jim James
    Jim James is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band My Morning Jacket.
  • B. Marcus Mumford
    Marcus Mumford is a British-American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.
  • C. Chris Cornell
    Chris Cornell was an American rock musician best known as the powerful lead vocalist of Soundgarden and Audioslave and a key figure in the Seattle grunge movement.
  • D. Conor Oberst
    Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
  • E. Ryan Tedder
    Ryan Tedder is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the frontman of OneRepublic and for crafting hit songs for numerous major pop artists.
  • 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: Nicholas Vedder
Triple: [Rip Van Winkle, containsCharacter, Nicholas Vedder]
Generated description
Nicholas Vedder is a minor character in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as the patriarchal village innkeeper and habitual sitter by the tavern door.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicholas Vedder
Target entity description: Nicholas Vedder is a minor character in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as the patriarchal village innkeeper and habitual sitter by the tavern door.
  • A. Jim James
    Jim James is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band My Morning Jacket.
  • B. Marcus Mumford
    Marcus Mumford is a British-American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.
  • C. Chris Cornell
    Chris Cornell was an American rock musician best known as the powerful lead vocalist of Soundgarden and Audioslave and a key figure in the Seattle grunge movement.
  • D. Conor Oberst
    Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
  • E. Ryan Tedder
    Ryan Tedder is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the frontman of OneRepublic and for crafting hit songs for numerous major pop artists.
  • 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_69a2e801e1d48190b505d1dd336b52ac completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eeecb64c81908c5c83ef7c0181e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a42f67dc3881908d4b1c2f1fbc2aaa completed March 1, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a42fdc1edc81908a8c0b82482a9af2 completed March 1, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4304138bc81909e524ff2567b82b3 completed March 1, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.