Triple

T4805423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Imperial Earth E106934 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Duncan Makenzie
Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
 E475874 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: Duncan Makenzie | Statement: [Imperial Earth, mainCharacter, Duncan Makenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duncan Makenzie
Context triple: [Imperial Earth, mainCharacter, Duncan Makenzie]
  • A. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • B. Andrew Duncan
    Andrew Duncan was a British industrialist and politician who served as the United Kingdom’s Minister of Supply during the Second World War.
  • C. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • D. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • E. Angus McKie
    Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
  • 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: Duncan Makenzie
Triple: [Imperial Earth, mainCharacter, Duncan Makenzie]
Generated description
Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duncan Makenzie
Target entity description: Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
  • A. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • B. Andrew Duncan
    Andrew Duncan was a British industrialist and politician who served as the United Kingdom’s Minister of Supply during the Second World War.
  • C. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • D. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • E. Angus McKie
    Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
  • 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c678e58819094cdf18d8c5ea96f completed March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be67cb1fe48190821c1daf930a70ff completed March 21, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6874a1348190ac90c137299d4468 completed March 21, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be68c77c088190a57376c608abe4c0 completed March 21, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.