Triple

T10397229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ann Smiley E245051 entity
Predicate spouseEmployer P26554 FINISHED
Object The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
The Circus is the codename for the British Secret Intelligence Service in John le Carré’s spy novels, depicted as a morally ambiguous, bureaucratic Cold War espionage organization.
E861607 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: The Circus (fictional British intelligence service) | Statement: [Ann Smiley, spouseEmployer, The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
Context triple: [Ann Smiley, spouseEmployer, The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)]
  • A. Office of Secret Intelligence
    The Office of Secret Intelligence is a fictional top-secret government agency in *The Venture Bros.* universe, overseeing covert operations and employing elite agents like Brock Samson.
  • B. R&AW
    R&AW is India’s external intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, counter-terrorism, and strategic security operations.
  • C. MI7
    MI7 is a fictional British intelligence agency portrayed in the Johnny English comedy film series as a parody of real-life organizations like MI5 and MI6.
  • D. Security Service (MI5)
    The Security Service (MI5) is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency responsible for protecting national security against threats such as terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks.
  • E. SPECTRE (fictional organization)
    SPECTRE is a global criminal and terrorist organization in the James Bond franchise, led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld and known for its elaborate plots for power and extortion.
  • 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: The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
Triple: [Ann Smiley, spouseEmployer, The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)]
Generated description
The Circus is the codename for the British Secret Intelligence Service in John le Carré’s spy novels, depicted as a morally ambiguous, bureaucratic Cold War espionage organization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
Target entity description: The Circus is the codename for the British Secret Intelligence Service in John le Carré’s spy novels, depicted as a morally ambiguous, bureaucratic Cold War espionage organization.
  • A. Office of Secret Intelligence
    The Office of Secret Intelligence is a fictional top-secret government agency in *The Venture Bros.* universe, overseeing covert operations and employing elite agents like Brock Samson.
  • B. R&AW
    R&AW is India’s external intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, counter-terrorism, and strategic security operations.
  • C. MI7
    MI7 is a fictional British intelligence agency portrayed in the Johnny English comedy film series as a parody of real-life organizations like MI5 and MI6.
  • D. Security Service (MI5)
    The Security Service (MI5) is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency responsible for protecting national security against threats such as terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks.
  • E. SPECTRE (fictional organization)
    SPECTRE is a global criminal and terrorist organization in the James Bond franchise, led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld and known for its elaborate plots for power and extortion.
  • 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_69d381b5116081908d85227bab6d3c0c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e9d0de448190b0bfd4d6c87d47fa completed April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d7fbbad25081908712601404734988 completed April 9, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d822d597088190bf3dca85e1ddb890 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d859cc1aac8190ab232bb4e4e4fac1 completed April 10, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:06 p.m.