Triple
T8767941
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Black Dwarf |
E208382
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lord William Vere
Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
|
E759964
|
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: Lord William Vere | Statement: [The Black Dwarf, mainCharacter, Lord William Vere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord William Vere Context triple: [The Black Dwarf, mainCharacter, Lord William Vere]
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A.
Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Viscount Grey of Fallodon was the British Liberal statesman and long-serving Foreign Secretary best known for his role in the diplomacy leading up to the First World War.
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B.
Baron Clive of Walcot
Baron Clive of Walcot is a British peerage title associated with the Clive family, notably linked to the legal and political career of Edward Clive.
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C.
Lord Granville
Lord Granville was a prominent 19th-century British Liberal statesman and foreign secretary known for his role in major diplomatic negotiations and international agreements.
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D.
Sir Arthur Wardour
Sir Arthur Wardour is a proud, antiquarian Scottish baronet in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Antiquary," known for his stubbornness, social pretensions, and financial imprudence.
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E.
Lord Willetts
Lord Willetts is a British Conservative politician and policy thinker, known especially for his work on higher education and intergenerational fairness.
- 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: Lord William Vere Triple: [The Black Dwarf, mainCharacter, Lord William Vere]
Generated description
Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord William Vere Target entity description: Lord William Vere is a central aristocratic figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Black Dwarf," whose romantic and social entanglements drive much of the story’s plot.
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A.
Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Viscount Grey of Fallodon was the British Liberal statesman and long-serving Foreign Secretary best known for his role in the diplomacy leading up to the First World War.
-
B.
Baron Clive of Walcot
Baron Clive of Walcot is a British peerage title associated with the Clive family, notably linked to the legal and political career of Edward Clive.
-
C.
Lord Granville
Lord Granville was a prominent 19th-century British Liberal statesman and foreign secretary known for his role in major diplomatic negotiations and international agreements.
-
D.
Sir Arthur Wardour
Sir Arthur Wardour is a proud, antiquarian Scottish baronet in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Antiquary," known for his stubbornness, social pretensions, and financial imprudence.
-
E.
Lord Willetts
Lord Willetts is a British Conservative politician and policy thinker, known especially for his work on higher education and intergenerational fairness.
- 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_69cc5eec49708190ba760d81a7974c50 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf6f1bf97c8190a158a38bd2babb83 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf73f277ec8190b5f7a13d984f5915 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf759f036c8190be11d62b26d95fbe |
completed | April 3, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.