Triple

T9060508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Corrections E217108 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Alfred Lambert
Alfred Lambert is the ailing Midwestern patriarch whose decline and complex family relationships drive much of the emotional and thematic core of Jonathan Franzen’s novel "The Corrections."
E774549 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: Alfred Lambert | Statement: [The Corrections, mainCharacter, Alfred Lambert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Lambert
Context triple: [The Corrections, mainCharacter, Alfred Lambert]
  • A. Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his refined, often authoritative roles in British stage and film productions of the mid-20th century.
  • B. Godfrey Tearle
    Godfrey Tearle was a distinguished British stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his classical Shakespearean roles and appearances in notable films.
  • C. Edgar Lansbury
    Edgar Lansbury is a British-born American theatre, film, and television producer known for his work on acclaimed stage productions and as the son of actress Angela Lansbury.
  • D. Henry Gayden
    Henry Gayden is an American screenwriter best known for writing the superhero film "Shazam!" and its sequel in the DC Extended Universe.
  • E. George Levick
    George Levick was a British Royal Navy surgeon, Antarctic explorer, and photographer best known for his role in Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and his pioneering observations of penguin behavior.
  • 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: Alfred Lambert
Triple: [The Corrections, mainCharacter, Alfred Lambert]
Generated description
Alfred Lambert is the ailing Midwestern patriarch whose decline and complex family relationships drive much of the emotional and thematic core of Jonathan Franzen’s novel "The Corrections."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Lambert
Target entity description: Alfred Lambert is the ailing Midwestern patriarch whose decline and complex family relationships drive much of the emotional and thematic core of Jonathan Franzen’s novel "The Corrections."
  • A. Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his refined, often authoritative roles in British stage and film productions of the mid-20th century.
  • B. Godfrey Tearle
    Godfrey Tearle was a distinguished British stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his classical Shakespearean roles and appearances in notable films.
  • C. Edgar Lansbury
    Edgar Lansbury is a British-born American theatre, film, and television producer known for his work on acclaimed stage productions and as the son of actress Angela Lansbury.
  • D. Henry Gayden
    Henry Gayden is an American screenwriter best known for writing the superhero film "Shazam!" and its sequel in the DC Extended Universe.
  • E. George Levick
    George Levick was a British Royal Navy surgeon, Antarctic explorer, and photographer best known for his role in Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and his pioneering observations of penguin behavior.
  • 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_69ca83d4425481909a319dab847724ec completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc7eca6d8c8190b1a11a60d6649f78 completed April 1, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfebf4b9348190a7f01c64098c25f7 completed April 3, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfedeb1a648190974b579109bdde3b completed April 3, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfee5ef8208190a129df4fa49037a0 completed April 3, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:10 p.m.