Triple

T8449788
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Knick E199771 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Algernon Edwards
Dr. Algernon Edwards is a pioneering, Harvard- and European-trained Black surgeon in early 1900s New York, featured as a central character in the medical drama series "The Knick."
E737774 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: Dr. Algernon Edwards | Statement: [The Knick, hasMainCharacter, Dr. Algernon Edwards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Algernon Edwards
Context triple: [The Knick, hasMainCharacter, Dr. Algernon Edwards]
  • A. Dr. Edgar Highley
    Dr. Edgar Highley is a fictional character in Mary Higgins Clark’s suspense novel "The Cradle Will Fall," involved in the book’s central medical and legal intrigue.
  • B. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • C. Dr. Harry Weston
    Dr. Harry Weston is the widowed pediatrician and central character on the sitcom "Empty Nest," known for his warm but often bemused interactions with his adult daughters and coworkers.
  • D. Harvey Cheyne
    Harvey Cheyne is the spoiled millionaire’s son who is transformed by hard work and life at sea in the adventure story "Captains Courageous."
  • E. Dr. Thomas Wynne
    Dr. Thomas Wynne was a 17th-century Welsh-born physician and close associate of William Penn who became one of the early settlers and leaders in colonial Pennsylvania.
  • 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: Dr. Algernon Edwards
Triple: [The Knick, hasMainCharacter, Dr. Algernon Edwards]
Generated description
Dr. Algernon Edwards is a pioneering, Harvard- and European-trained Black surgeon in early 1900s New York, featured as a central character in the medical drama series "The Knick."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Algernon Edwards
Target entity description: Dr. Algernon Edwards is a pioneering, Harvard- and European-trained Black surgeon in early 1900s New York, featured as a central character in the medical drama series "The Knick."
  • A. Dr. Edgar Highley
    Dr. Edgar Highley is a fictional character in Mary Higgins Clark’s suspense novel "The Cradle Will Fall," involved in the book’s central medical and legal intrigue.
  • B. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • C. Dr. Harry Weston
    Dr. Harry Weston is the widowed pediatrician and central character on the sitcom "Empty Nest," known for his warm but often bemused interactions with his adult daughters and coworkers.
  • D. Harvey Cheyne
    Harvey Cheyne is the spoiled millionaire’s son who is transformed by hard work and life at sea in the adventure story "Captains Courageous."
  • E. Dr. Thomas Wynne
    Dr. Thomas Wynne was a 17th-century Welsh-born physician and close associate of William Penn who became one of the early settlers and leaders in colonial Pennsylvania.
  • 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_69ca83170f9081909cd98f55614c6476 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe44707b88190b3d8b30c45ef4496 completed March 31, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4dc984ec8190910e25f36d538928 completed April 2, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4f587a7081908c357f82bc28a1aa completed April 2, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce5059e0f48190b8ff08253337f430 completed April 2, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:09 p.m.