Triple

T8494949
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dying Inside E201074 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object David Selig
David Selig is the troubled, telepathic protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s novel "Dying Inside," whose fading psychic powers force him to confront his identity and isolation.
 E737328 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: David Selig | Statement: [Dying Inside, mainCharacter, David Selig]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Selig
Context triple: [Dying Inside, mainCharacter, David Selig]
  • A. Ben Demaree
    Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
  • B. Allan H. Selig
    Allan H. "Bud" Selig is the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball who oversaw significant changes to the sport, including expansion, the introduction of the wild card, and interleague play.
  • C. James Steinberg
    James Steinberg is an American diplomat and policy expert who has held senior U.S. government roles, including serving in the White House and the State Department.
  • D. Bob Tzudiker
    Bob Tzudiker is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Disney animated films such as "Tarzan" and "The Lion King."
  • E. Peter Seligmann
    Peter Seligmann is an American environmentalist and business leader best known for co-founding and leading the global conservation organization Conservation International.
  • 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: David Selig
Triple: [Dying Inside, mainCharacter, David Selig]
Generated description
David Selig is the troubled, telepathic protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s novel "Dying Inside," whose fading psychic powers force him to confront his identity and isolation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Selig
Target entity description: David Selig is the troubled, telepathic protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s novel "Dying Inside," whose fading psychic powers force him to confront his identity and isolation.
  • A. Ben Demaree
    Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
  • B. Allan H. Selig
    Allan H. "Bud" Selig is the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball who oversaw significant changes to the sport, including expansion, the introduction of the wild card, and interleague play.
  • C. James Steinberg
    James Steinberg is an American diplomat and policy expert who has held senior U.S. government roles, including serving in the White House and the State Department.
  • D. Bob Tzudiker
    Bob Tzudiker is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Disney animated films such as "Tarzan" and "The Lion King."
  • E. Peter Seligmann
    Peter Seligmann is an American environmentalist and business leader best known for co-founding and leading the global conservation organization Conservation International.
  • 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_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe57c01f881908cb77c8c834ac08d completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce3a6117988190b8c667d4263f3e86 completed April 2, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3d0323248190a076a209df98c96c completed April 2, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3d7909f48190a46f58fca75d7740 completed April 2, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.