Triple
T4386614
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Lost Lady |
E99258
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Niel Herbert
Niel Herbert is a central fictional character in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," whose coming-of-age perspective frames the story’s themes of idealism, disillusionment, and social change in a small Western town.
|
E439468
|
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: Niel Herbert | Statement: [A Lost Lady, mainCharacter, Niel Herbert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niel Herbert Context triple: [A Lost Lady, mainCharacter, Niel Herbert]
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A.
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on independent films and major features, often collaborating with directors like Deepa Mehta and David Mackenzie.
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B.
Thomas Nevile
Thomas Nevile was a prominent English clergyman and academic of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known for his role as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and for overseeing major architectural developments there.
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C.
Arthur Lyttelton
Arthur Lyttelton was a 19th-century English Anglican clergyman and academic who became the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
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D.
Arthur Chatto
Arthur Chatto is a British personal trainer and former Royal Marine reservist who is the grandson of Princess Margaret and a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
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E.
John Windsor
John Windsor was the engineer responsible for designing Dublin’s iconic cast-iron Ha'penny Bridge over the River Liffey.
- 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: Niel Herbert Triple: [A Lost Lady, mainCharacter, Niel Herbert]
Generated description
Niel Herbert is a central fictional character in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," whose coming-of-age perspective frames the story’s themes of idealism, disillusionment, and social change in a small Western town.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niel Herbert Target entity description: Niel Herbert is a central fictional character in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," whose coming-of-age perspective frames the story’s themes of idealism, disillusionment, and social change in a small Western town.
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A.
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on independent films and major features, often collaborating with directors like Deepa Mehta and David Mackenzie.
-
B.
Thomas Nevile
Thomas Nevile was a prominent English clergyman and academic of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known for his role as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and for overseeing major architectural developments there.
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C.
Arthur Lyttelton
Arthur Lyttelton was a 19th-century English Anglican clergyman and academic who became the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
-
D.
Arthur Chatto
Arthur Chatto is a British personal trainer and former Royal Marine reservist who is the grandson of Princess Margaret and a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
-
E.
John Windsor
John Windsor was the engineer responsible for designing Dublin’s iconic cast-iron Ha'penny Bridge over the River Liffey.
- 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_69b3454f739481909ff6c28331f0c0b9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b352669f608190b3aa7030d8073e04 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6135919d08190abab3858ff01bf11 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b614371b2081909fabb88f2993dd29 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b6155a57c08190bbf2e88f95cede16 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m.