Triple
T11288072
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merry Gardner |
E267249
|
entity |
| Predicate | appearsInFictionalPeriod |
P18945
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Fourth Age of Middle-earth |
E268773
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Fourth Age of Middle-earth | Statement: [Merry Gardner, appearsInFictionalPeriod, Fourth Age of Middle-earth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourth Age of Middle-earth Context triple: [Merry Gardner, appearsInFictionalPeriod, Fourth Age of Middle-earth]
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A.
Fourth Age
chosen
The Fourth Age is the era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that follows the defeat of Sauron and the War of the Ring, marking the beginning of the dominion of Men and the fading of Elves and other ancient races.
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B.
Second Age and Third Age
The Second Age and Third Age are successive historical periods in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked respectively by the rise and fall of Númenor and Sauron’s first defeat, and by the War of the Ring and the end of the Elves’ dominion.
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C.
Third Age
The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.
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D.
Third Age of Middle-earth
The Third Age of Middle-earth is a long historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium marked by the rise and fall of Sauron, the War of the Ring, and the events chronicled in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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E.
Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: appearsInFictionalPeriod Context triple: [Merry Gardner, appearsInFictionalPeriod, Fourth Age of Middle-earth]
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A.
fictionalEra
chosen
Indicates the time period or age within a fictional or imaginary setting in which an entity exists or an event occurs.
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B.
appearsInTimePeriodDepicted
Indicates that something is present or occurs within the specific time period that is depicted or represented.
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C.
fictionalAge
Indicates the age attributed to an entity within a fictional or narrative context, rather than its real-world age.
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D.
basedOnFictionalDateIn
Indicates that something is derived from, inspired by, or determined using a fictional date occurring within a specified work, timeline, or fictional context.
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E.
foundedInFictionalYear
Indicates that an entity was established or created in a year that exists only within a fictional or imaginary timeline, rather than in real-world history.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d6aac993a08190a6f36445ebaf9a43 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e986b0f08190a414749eaa7f1a5d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e542c5fdb88190968831279eaeea49 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d787a240588190aa097298f951c915 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.