Triple

T8315942
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Call of Cthulhu E194706 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Francis Wayland Thurston
Francis Wayland Thurston is the scholarly narrator and investigator in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” who pieces together scattered evidence to uncover the existence of the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
E725607 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: Francis Wayland Thurston | Statement: [The Call of Cthulhu, hasCharacter, Francis Wayland Thurston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Wayland Thurston
Context triple: [The Call of Cthulhu, hasCharacter, Francis Wayland Thurston]
  • A. John Boyd Thacher
    John Boyd Thacher was an American politician, historian, and author who served as mayor of Albany, New York, and was known for his works on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.
  • B. William Burnet Tuthill
    William Burnet Tuthill was an American architect best known for designing New York City's renowned concert venue Carnegie Hall.
  • C. Francis Minturn Sedgwick
    Francis Minturn Sedgwick was an American rancher and sculptor from a prominent New England family, best known as the father of 1960s fashion icon and Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick.
  • D. Thomas A. Bartlett
    Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
  • E. Henry Collins Brown
    Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born American historian, author, and lecturer best known for chronicling New York City's history and founding the Museum of the City of New York.
  • 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: Francis Wayland Thurston
Triple: [The Call of Cthulhu, hasCharacter, Francis Wayland Thurston]
Generated description
Francis Wayland Thurston is the scholarly narrator and investigator in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” who pieces together scattered evidence to uncover the existence of the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Wayland Thurston
Target entity description: Francis Wayland Thurston is the scholarly narrator and investigator in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” who pieces together scattered evidence to uncover the existence of the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
  • A. John Boyd Thacher
    John Boyd Thacher was an American politician, historian, and author who served as mayor of Albany, New York, and was known for his works on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.
  • B. William Burnet Tuthill
    William Burnet Tuthill was an American architect best known for designing New York City's renowned concert venue Carnegie Hall.
  • C. Francis Minturn Sedgwick
    Francis Minturn Sedgwick was an American rancher and sculptor from a prominent New England family, best known as the father of 1960s fashion icon and Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick.
  • D. Thomas A. Bartlett
    Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
  • E. Henry Collins Brown
    Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born American historian, author, and lecturer best known for chronicling New York City's history and founding the Museum of the City of New York.
  • 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_69ca82e6e2648190a31eaf6f4f757b2a completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7f540b2081908ccb1b2ed040c74e completed March 31, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd9583fa8081909778288f4c96de72 completed April 1, 2026, 10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdab5d649c819098a7643d5a0b7827 completed April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb2c2e2248190bf52466abaebfe29 completed April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.