Triple
T11064018
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Massey Sahib |
E261574
|
entity |
| Predicate | titleCharacter |
P9202
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Francis Massey
Francis Massey is the central British colonial officer protagonist of Paul Theroux’s novel "Massey Sahib," whose experiences in India explore themes of power, alienation, and cultural conflict.
|
E903625
|
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: Francis Massey | Statement: [Massey Sahib, titleCharacter, Francis Massey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Massey Context triple: [Massey Sahib, titleCharacter, Francis Massey]
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A.
Leo Amery
Leo Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and journalist who served in several key government posts during the early to mid-20th century, particularly noted for his role in imperial and wartime policy.
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B.
Lionel Massey
Lionel Massey was the son of Vincent Massey, Canada’s first native-born Governor General, and a member of the prominent Massey family.
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C.
Basil Hume
Basil Hume was a prominent 20th-century English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Westminster and was widely respected for his pastoral leadership and ecumenical work.
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D.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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E.
Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
- 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: Francis Massey Triple: [Massey Sahib, titleCharacter, Francis Massey]
Generated description
Francis Massey is the central British colonial officer protagonist of Paul Theroux’s novel "Massey Sahib," whose experiences in India explore themes of power, alienation, and cultural conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Massey Target entity description: Francis Massey is the central British colonial officer protagonist of Paul Theroux’s novel "Massey Sahib," whose experiences in India explore themes of power, alienation, and cultural conflict.
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A.
Leo Amery
Leo Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and journalist who served in several key government posts during the early to mid-20th century, particularly noted for his role in imperial and wartime policy.
-
B.
Lionel Massey
Lionel Massey was the son of Vincent Massey, Canada’s first native-born Governor General, and a member of the prominent Massey family.
-
C.
Basil Hume
Basil Hume was a prominent 20th-century English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Westminster and was widely respected for his pastoral leadership and ecumenical work.
-
D.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
-
E.
Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
- 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d798ed07f88190bf501d9f63386ada |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3e75b90ec8190b1a799e0183c6784 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3f2c889dc81909a04c1db0509e3d9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3f4746dbc8190a0e28202ad5e6b4f |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.