Triple
T6919591
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Saleem Sinai |
E160147
|
entity |
| Predicate | biologicalFather |
P1908
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Methwold
William Methwold is a British colonial officer and property owner in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children," whose legacy and actions significantly shape the protagonist Saleem Sinai’s origins and identity.
|
E631802
|
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: William Methwold | Statement: [Saleem Sinai, biologicalFather, William Methwold]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Methwold Context triple: [Saleem Sinai, biologicalFather, William Methwold]
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A.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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B.
William Poole
William Poole was a 19th-century New York City gang leader and nativist political enforcer whose violent life inspired the character "Bill the Butcher" in the film Gangs of New York.
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C.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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D.
Edward Blount
Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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E.
James Fawcett
James Fawcett was an architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station.
- 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: William Methwold Triple: [Saleem Sinai, biologicalFather, William Methwold]
Generated description
William Methwold is a British colonial officer and property owner in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children," whose legacy and actions significantly shape the protagonist Saleem Sinai’s origins and identity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Methwold Target entity description: William Methwold is a British colonial officer and property owner in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children," whose legacy and actions significantly shape the protagonist Saleem Sinai’s origins and identity.
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A.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
-
B.
William Poole
William Poole was a 19th-century New York City gang leader and nativist political enforcer whose violent life inspired the character "Bill the Butcher" in the film Gangs of New York.
-
C.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
-
D.
Edward Blount
Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
-
E.
James Fawcett
James Fawcett was an architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station.
- 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_69c6883ab1008190a07129ff06f625d9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d9f8fc888190949d5779ccbe91e6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c75854d968819085e0c5123a57c751 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c75a417b7481908846a53712ea2323 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75abf8de881908e1ae0a46da795bc |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.