Triple

T4758237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blazes Boylan E105638 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Hugh Boylan
Hugh Boylan, better known as Blazes Boylan, is a charismatic and flirtatious advertising agent in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," notable for his affair with Molly Bloom.
E468438 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: Hugh Boylan | Statement: [Blazes Boylan, alsoKnownAs, Hugh Boylan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Boylan
Context triple: [Blazes Boylan, alsoKnownAs, Hugh Boylan]
  • A. Danny O’Donoghue
    Danny O’Donoghue is an Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of the band The Script, known for his pop-rock hits and television appearances.
  • B. Francis Keally
    Francis Keally was an American architect best known for his work on major public buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in New York City.
  • C. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • D. Séumas Robinson
    Séumas Robinson was an Irish Republican Army leader and veteran of the Easter Rising who played a key role in the Irish War of Independence.
  • E. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • 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: Hugh Boylan
Triple: [Blazes Boylan, alsoKnownAs, Hugh Boylan]
Generated description
Hugh Boylan, better known as Blazes Boylan, is a charismatic and flirtatious advertising agent in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," notable for his affair with Molly Bloom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Boylan
Target entity description: Hugh Boylan, better known as Blazes Boylan, is a charismatic and flirtatious advertising agent in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," notable for his affair with Molly Bloom.
  • A. Danny O’Donoghue
    Danny O’Donoghue is an Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of the band The Script, known for his pop-rock hits and television appearances.
  • B. Francis Keally
    Francis Keally was an American architect best known for his work on major public buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in New York City.
  • C. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • D. Séumas Robinson
    Séumas Robinson was an Irish Republican Army leader and veteran of the Easter Rising who played a key role in the Irish War of Independence.
  • E. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • 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_69bd43f14cac819081c7c69803648211 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd650ad0f88190844bfcb46b3071c2 completed March 20, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be43b837408190a3de13930e3e5e19 completed March 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be44a60c2c8190b47efae80379b21e completed March 21, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4530fe5c8190aa976151cdd5bc7a completed March 21, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:20 p.m.