Triple

T6521229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Handful of Dust E151186 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Tony Last
Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
 E601431 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: Tony Last | Statement: [A Handful of Dust, mainCharacter, Tony Last]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Last
Context triple: [A Handful of Dust, mainCharacter, Tony Last]
  • A. Tony Hatch
    Tony Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, and producer best known for creating memorable television theme tunes and pop hits from the 1960s onward.
  • B. Dennis FitzSimons
    Dennis FitzSimons is an American media executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of the Tribune Company.
  • C. Barry Ackroyd
    Barry Ackroyd is a British cinematographer renowned for his gritty, handheld visual style in films such as The Hurt Locker, United 93, and Captain Phillips.
  • D. Eric Crozier
    Eric Crozier was a British theatrical director, producer, and writer best known for his close collaboration with composer Benjamin Britten on several operas.
  • E. Trevor Waite
    Trevor Waite is an editor known for his work on the film "Bright Young Things."
  • 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: Tony Last
Triple: [A Handful of Dust, mainCharacter, Tony Last]
Generated description
Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Last
Target entity description: Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
  • A. Tony Hatch
    Tony Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, and producer best known for creating memorable television theme tunes and pop hits from the 1960s onward.
  • B. Dennis FitzSimons
    Dennis FitzSimons is an American media executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of the Tribune Company.
  • C. Barry Ackroyd
    Barry Ackroyd is a British cinematographer renowned for his gritty, handheld visual style in films such as The Hurt Locker, United 93, and Captain Phillips.
  • D. Eric Crozier
    Eric Crozier was a British theatrical director, producer, and writer best known for his close collaboration with composer Benjamin Britten on several operas.
  • E. Trevor Waite
    Trevor Waite is an editor known for his work on the film "Bright Young Things."
  • 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_69c687f522748190b3058405553cdabd completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ad9431f081909b14b3df3414a55f completed March 27, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6cb6f934481908a95d7424aa23414 completed March 27, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6cd88f66c81909b364a816aeee8bf completed March 27, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6ce3a53cc8190a40d696a22ec65f4 completed March 27, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:45 p.m.