Triple

T10444875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cutter E246260 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)
John Cutter is a key supporting character in Christopher Priest’s novel "The Prestige," serving as an experienced stage engineer and moral anchor amid the rivalry between two obsessive magicians.
E864187 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: John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige) | Statement: [Cutter, basedOn, John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)
Context triple: [Cutter, basedOn, John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)]
  • A. Clyde Bruckman
    Clyde Bruckman was an American film director and writer best known for his work on classic silent and early sound comedies, particularly with stars like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.
  • B. Henry Mercer
    Henry Mercer was an American archaeologist, tile-maker, and collector known for his handcrafted Moravian tiles and the concrete Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
  • C. Mr Farraday
    Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
  • D. Thomas Crown
    Thomas Crown is a wealthy, sophisticated businessman who masterminds high-stakes heists for sport in the film "The Thomas Crown Affair."
  • E. Walter Finch
    Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
  • 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: John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)
Triple: [Cutter, basedOn, John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)]
Generated description
John Cutter is a key supporting character in Christopher Priest’s novel "The Prestige," serving as an experienced stage engineer and moral anchor amid the rivalry between two obsessive magicians.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)
Target entity description: John Cutter is a key supporting character in Christopher Priest’s novel "The Prestige," serving as an experienced stage engineer and moral anchor amid the rivalry between two obsessive magicians.
  • A. Clyde Bruckman
    Clyde Bruckman was an American film director and writer best known for his work on classic silent and early sound comedies, particularly with stars like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.
  • B. Henry Mercer
    Henry Mercer was an American archaeologist, tile-maker, and collector known for his handcrafted Moravian tiles and the concrete Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
  • C. Mr Farraday
    Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
  • D. Thomas Crown
    Thomas Crown is a wealthy, sophisticated businessman who masterminds high-stakes heists for sport in the film "The Thomas Crown Affair."
  • E. Walter Finch
    Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
  • 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_69d381c04fe08190957c26c526a3b05a completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4fdbf81508190a160edea85105d3a completed April 7, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d87eeae8788190b63534fa4f942ead completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d886c3fdcc8190a67a7f7788b8a2e8 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d88dc15ab481909011c5de93bbab14 completed April 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:16 p.m.