Triple

T9660883
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Drowning by Numbers E233585 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Smut
Smut is a character in Peter Greenaway’s darkly comic film "Drowning by Numbers," known for his morbid fascination with death and his role in the movie’s numerically structured narrative.
 E812763 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: Smut | Statement: [Drowning by Numbers, character, Smut]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smut
Context triple: [Drowning by Numbers, character, Smut]
  • A. Bremia
    Bremia is a genus of downy mildew-causing oomycete plant pathogens best known for infecting lettuce and other members of the Asteraceae family.
  • B. Boehmeriopsis
    Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
  • C. Gomba
    Gomba is a district within the Buganda region of central Uganda, known primarily for its rural communities and agricultural activities.
  • D. Fractofusus
    Fractofusus is an extinct, frond-shaped organism from the late Ediacaran period, notable for its simple, quilted body plan and importance in understanding early multicellular life.
  • E. The Germ
    The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
  • 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: Smut
Triple: [Drowning by Numbers, character, Smut]
Generated description
Smut is a character in Peter Greenaway’s darkly comic film "Drowning by Numbers," known for his morbid fascination with death and his role in the movie’s numerically structured narrative.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smut
Target entity description: Smut is a character in Peter Greenaway’s darkly comic film "Drowning by Numbers," known for his morbid fascination with death and his role in the movie’s numerically structured narrative.
  • A. Bremia
    Bremia is a genus of downy mildew-causing oomycete plant pathogens best known for infecting lettuce and other members of the Asteraceae family.
  • B. Boehmeriopsis
    Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
  • C. Gomba
    Gomba is a district within the Buganda region of central Uganda, known primarily for its rural communities and agricultural activities.
  • D. Fractofusus
    Fractofusus is an extinct, frond-shaped organism from the late Ediacaran period, notable for its simple, quilted body plan and importance in understanding early multicellular life.
  • E. The Germ
    The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
  • 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_69ca848d3b6c8190ae98ea554dea58df completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9c0a15e4819092ea0fb2cb6e1c12 completed April 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d18a0ff7548190ae438c4a334058ac completed April 4, 2026, 10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d18a8e0fbc8190912439815bab4677 completed April 4, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d18afe54c88190846a873443aa56ef completed April 4, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:14 p.m.