Triple
T11237321
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melmoth the Wanderer |
E265973
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Melmoth
John Melmoth is the tormented, long-lived protagonist of Charles Maturin’s Gothic novel "Melmoth the Wanderer," who has bargained his soul for extended life and wanders the world seeking someone to take over his doomed pact.
|
E913277
|
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 Melmoth | Statement: [Melmoth the Wanderer, hasCharacter, John Melmoth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Melmoth Context triple: [Melmoth the Wanderer, hasCharacter, John Melmoth]
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A.
Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne is a British actor best known for his role as Detective Quentin Lance on the television series "Arrow."
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B.
Ian Mosley
Ian Mosley is an English drummer best known for his long-standing role in the neo-progressive rock band Marillion.
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C.
Michael Medwin
Michael Medwin was a British actor and film and television producer known for his prolific character roles and for producing notable British films from the 1960s onward.
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D.
William Darke
William Darke was an American Revolutionary War officer and early frontier military leader after whom Darke County, Ohio, is named.
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E.
Alan Strang
Alan Strang is the troubled teenage protagonist of Peter Shaffer’s play "Equus," whose violent religious and sexual obsession with horses drives the drama’s psychological exploration.
- 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 Melmoth Triple: [Melmoth the Wanderer, hasCharacter, John Melmoth]
Generated description
John Melmoth is the tormented, long-lived protagonist of Charles Maturin’s Gothic novel "Melmoth the Wanderer," who has bargained his soul for extended life and wanders the world seeking someone to take over his doomed pact.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Melmoth Target entity description: John Melmoth is the tormented, long-lived protagonist of Charles Maturin’s Gothic novel "Melmoth the Wanderer," who has bargained his soul for extended life and wanders the world seeking someone to take over his doomed pact.
-
A.
Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne is a British actor best known for his role as Detective Quentin Lance on the television series "Arrow."
-
B.
Ian Mosley
Ian Mosley is an English drummer best known for his long-standing role in the neo-progressive rock band Marillion.
-
C.
Michael Medwin
Michael Medwin was a British actor and film and television producer known for his prolific character roles and for producing notable British films from the 1960s onward.
-
D.
William Darke
William Darke was an American Revolutionary War officer and early frontier military leader after whom Darke County, Ohio, is named.
-
E.
Alan Strang
Alan Strang is the troubled teenage protagonist of Peter Shaffer’s play "Equus," whose violent religious and sexual obsession with horses drives the drama’s psychological exploration.
- 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_69d6aac656d48190b275efaa7d6074ee |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e904cf888190826fc964f76b5cb2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4ad6e9390819085d10635cb039f85 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e4b12dd658819085c25d3edac2d66c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e4b3e05b488190bf2e3810ba2f250e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.