Triple
T4423625
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sapphira and the Slave Girl |
E95158
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Colbert
Henry Colbert is a central fictional figure in Willa Cather’s novel "Sapphira and the Slave Girl," depicted as a morally conflicted miller in antebellum Virginia.
|
E437394
|
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: Henry Colbert | Statement: [Sapphira and the Slave Girl, mainCharacter, Henry Colbert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Colbert Context triple: [Sapphira and the Slave Girl, mainCharacter, Henry Colbert]
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A.
Samuel Edward Widdrington
Samuel Edward Widdrington was a 19th-century British naval officer and writer on Spain whose name was given to the conifer genus Widdringtonia.
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B.
Robert Smythson
Robert Smythson was a prominent late-16th-century English architect best known for designing grand Elizabethan country houses.
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C.
George Vavasor
George Vavasor is an ambitious, morally conflicted Victorian gentleman whose political aspirations and turbulent relationships drive much of the drama in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Can You Forgive Her?".
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D.
Caspar Goodwood
Caspar Goodwood is a determined and passionate American suitor in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his intense, unwavering love for the protagonist Isabel Archer.
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E.
Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren was a renowned 17th-century English architect and polymath best known for designing St Paul’s Cathedral and reshaping the cityscape of London after the Great Fire.
- 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: Henry Colbert Triple: [Sapphira and the Slave Girl, mainCharacter, Henry Colbert]
Generated description
Henry Colbert is a central fictional figure in Willa Cather’s novel "Sapphira and the Slave Girl," depicted as a morally conflicted miller in antebellum Virginia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Colbert Target entity description: Henry Colbert is a central fictional figure in Willa Cather’s novel "Sapphira and the Slave Girl," depicted as a morally conflicted miller in antebellum Virginia.
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A.
Samuel Edward Widdrington
Samuel Edward Widdrington was a 19th-century British naval officer and writer on Spain whose name was given to the conifer genus Widdringtonia.
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B.
Robert Smythson
Robert Smythson was a prominent late-16th-century English architect best known for designing grand Elizabethan country houses.
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C.
George Vavasor
George Vavasor is an ambitious, morally conflicted Victorian gentleman whose political aspirations and turbulent relationships drive much of the drama in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Can You Forgive Her?".
-
D.
Caspar Goodwood
Caspar Goodwood is a determined and passionate American suitor in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his intense, unwavering love for the protagonist Isabel Archer.
-
E.
Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren was a renowned 17th-century English architect and polymath best known for designing St Paul’s Cathedral and reshaping the cityscape of London after the Great Fire.
- 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3554b36a48190a475ac5474bed132 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5f62bbee48190bae8fc7b9cc29086 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5f6b132a88190950cde007375965a |
completed | March 15, 2026, midnight |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5f7794d7081909eb494c2119eaee7 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.