Triple

T11171710
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Testament of Youth E264287 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Mr. Brittain
Mr. Brittain is the stern, emotionally reserved father of Vera Brittain in "Testament of Youth," representing traditional Edwardian middle-class values and expectations.
E908937 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: Mr. Brittain | Statement: [Testament of Youth, character, Mr. Brittain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Brittain
Context triple: [Testament of Youth, character, Mr. Brittain]
  • A. Cecil Healy
    Cecil Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer best known for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and for his notable sportsmanship in insisting a delayed rival be allowed to compete.
  • B. Thomas Troubridge
    Thomas Troubridge was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his close association with Admiral Nelson and his service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • C. Mr. Salter
    Mr. Salter is a minor but memorable character in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," contributing to the book’s comic portrayal of the British press.
  • D. Sam Dodsworth
    Sam Dodsworth is the successful yet emotionally unfulfilled American businessman at the center of Sinclair Lewis’s novel and its stage and film adaptations, whose travels in Europe trigger a profound midlife reckoning with his marriage and identity.
  • E. Hugo Davenport
    Hugo Davenport is the son of English actor Nigel Davenport, known primarily in relation to his father's prominence in British film and television.
  • 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: Mr. Brittain
Triple: [Testament of Youth, character, Mr. Brittain]
Generated description
Mr. Brittain is the stern, emotionally reserved father of Vera Brittain in "Testament of Youth," representing traditional Edwardian middle-class values and expectations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Brittain
Target entity description: Mr. Brittain is the stern, emotionally reserved father of Vera Brittain in "Testament of Youth," representing traditional Edwardian middle-class values and expectations.
  • A. Cecil Healy
    Cecil Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer best known for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and for his notable sportsmanship in insisting a delayed rival be allowed to compete.
  • B. Thomas Troubridge
    Thomas Troubridge was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his close association with Admiral Nelson and his service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • C. Mr. Salter
    Mr. Salter is a minor but memorable character in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," contributing to the book’s comic portrayal of the British press.
  • D. Sam Dodsworth
    Sam Dodsworth is the successful yet emotionally unfulfilled American businessman at the center of Sinclair Lewis’s novel and its stage and film adaptations, whose travels in Europe trigger a profound midlife reckoning with his marriage and identity.
  • E. Hugo Davenport
    Hugo Davenport is the son of English actor Nigel Davenport, known primarily in relation to his father's prominence in British film and television.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e89660208190b1d9e91529f5d246 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e463b155a08190b361b38a39d25b1f completed April 19, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e46c37efec81908aa709587c37569d completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e47292cdd08190b05c4c8b09f4f918 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.