Triple
T6920702
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | White Teeth |
E160176
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonist |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samad Iqbal
Samad Iqbal is a central character in Zadie Smith’s novel "White Teeth," portrayed as a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant in London struggling with cultural identity, faith, and generational conflict.
|
E630039
|
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: Samad Iqbal | Statement: [White Teeth, protagonist, Samad Iqbal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samad Iqbal Context triple: [White Teeth, protagonist, Samad Iqbal]
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A.
Ghulam Qadir
Ghulam Qadir was an 18th-century Rohilla chieftain notorious for his brutal treatment of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II and his role in the empire’s violent decline.
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B.
Shaukat Ali
Shaukat Ali was a prominent Indian Muslim nationalist leader and activist best known for his role in the Khilafat Movement alongside his brother Mohammad Ali Jauhar.
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C.
Muhammad Kam Bakhsh
Muhammad Kam Bakhsh was the youngest son of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (Alamgir I), known for his brief and ultimately unsuccessful bid for power during the empire’s decline.
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D.
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a prominent Bangladeshi science fiction writer, physicist, and academic known for his influential work in literature and science education.
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E.
Abdul Rab Nishtar
Abdul Rab Nishtar was a prominent Pakistani politician and independence activist who played a key leadership role in the Pakistan Movement and later served as a federal minister and Governor of the North-West Frontier Province.
- 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: Samad Iqbal Triple: [White Teeth, protagonist, Samad Iqbal]
Generated description
Samad Iqbal is a central character in Zadie Smith’s novel "White Teeth," portrayed as a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant in London struggling with cultural identity, faith, and generational conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samad Iqbal Target entity description: Samad Iqbal is a central character in Zadie Smith’s novel "White Teeth," portrayed as a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant in London struggling with cultural identity, faith, and generational conflict.
-
A.
Ghulam Qadir
Ghulam Qadir was an 18th-century Rohilla chieftain notorious for his brutal treatment of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II and his role in the empire’s violent decline.
-
B.
Shaukat Ali
Shaukat Ali was a prominent Indian Muslim nationalist leader and activist best known for his role in the Khilafat Movement alongside his brother Mohammad Ali Jauhar.
-
C.
Muhammad Kam Bakhsh
Muhammad Kam Bakhsh was the youngest son of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (Alamgir I), known for his brief and ultimately unsuccessful bid for power during the empire’s decline.
-
D.
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a prominent Bangladeshi science fiction writer, physicist, and academic known for his influential work in literature and science education.
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E.
Abdul Rab Nishtar
Abdul Rab Nishtar was a prominent Pakistani politician and independence activist who played a key leadership role in the Pakistan Movement and later served as a federal minister and Governor of the North-West Frontier Province.
- 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_69c6884d350081908d8a970e4d40ad78 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d9fa452c8190b2bea2d47309c889 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c751345edc8190ab0f34120a42571e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c751abed548190ac2152acd3029d2d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7558dd72081909af14d319ce01ff6 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.