Triple

T8767710
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Fortunes of Nigel E208377 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Nigel Olifaunt
Nigel Olifaunt is the fictional Scottish nobleman who serves as the protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Fortunes of Nigel."
E780019 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: Nigel Olifaunt | Statement: [The Fortunes of Nigel, mainCharacter, Nigel Olifaunt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Olifaunt
Context triple: [The Fortunes of Nigel, mainCharacter, Nigel Olifaunt]
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. Jeffrey Stott
    Jeffrey Stott is a film producer best known for his work on the political comedy film "The American President."
  • C. Nigel Walmsley
    Nigel Walmsley is a fictional British astronaut and scientist who becomes a central figure in Gregory Benford’s hard science fiction novels, confronting first contact and cosmic-scale mysteries.
  • D. Nigel Wick
    Nigel Wick is a comically tyrannical and eccentric British boss on the American sitcom "The Drew Carey Show," known for his outrageous behavior and antagonistic relationship with the main character.
  • E. David Larkham
    David Larkham is a British graphic artist and illustrator best known for his extensive album cover and design work for Elton John in the 1970s.
  • 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: Nigel Olifaunt
Triple: [The Fortunes of Nigel, mainCharacter, Nigel Olifaunt]
Generated description
Nigel Olifaunt is the fictional Scottish nobleman who serves as the protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Fortunes of Nigel."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Olifaunt
Target entity description: Nigel Olifaunt is the fictional Scottish nobleman who serves as the protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Fortunes of Nigel."
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. Jeffrey Stott
    Jeffrey Stott is a film producer best known for his work on the political comedy film "The American President."
  • C. Nigel Walmsley
    Nigel Walmsley is a fictional British astronaut and scientist who becomes a central figure in Gregory Benford’s hard science fiction novels, confronting first contact and cosmic-scale mysteries.
  • D. Nigel Wick
    Nigel Wick is a comically tyrannical and eccentric British boss on the American sitcom "The Drew Carey Show," known for his outrageous behavior and antagonistic relationship with the main character.
  • E. David Larkham
    David Larkham is a British graphic artist and illustrator best known for his extensive album cover and design work for Elton John in the 1970s.
  • 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_69ca835edb4481909b4aafb616dc5eb7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5eeae70c8190adc2bc2846da0fbf completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d04729c39c8190a88a28288653399b completed April 3, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0489f19808190b793dac8c0f743bc completed April 3, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0496ccb908190b9ebe632df1447be completed April 3, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.