Triple

T11471388
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black family E271916 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Phineas Nigellus Black
Phineas Nigellus Black is a former Slytherin Headmaster of Hogwarts and a portrait-bound ancestor of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series.
E929622 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: Phineas Nigellus Black | Statement: [Black family, notableMember, Phineas Nigellus Black]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phineas Nigellus Black
Context triple: [Black family, notableMember, Phineas Nigellus Black]
  • A. Regulus Arcturus Black
    Regulus Arcturus Black is a minor yet pivotal character in the Harry Potter series, a former Slytherin and Death Eater who ultimately defies Voldemort by attempting to destroy one of his Horcruxes.
  • B. Tobias Snape
    Tobias Snape is the Muggle father of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, depicted as a harsh and often abusive figure in his son's troubled childhood.
  • C. Marvolo Gaunt
    Marvolo Gaunt is a pure-blood wizard from the Harry Potter series, notable as a violent, impoverished descendant of Salazar Slytherin and a key link in Lord Voldemort’s dark family lineage.
  • D. Walburga Black
    Walburga Black is a pure-blood witch from the Harry Potter series, known as the fanatically traditional and prejudiced matriarch of the Black family whose portrait hangs in 12 Grimmauld Place.
  • E. Abraxas Malfoy
    Abraxas Malfoy is a pure-blood wizard from the influential Malfoy family, known primarily as the father of Lucius Malfoy and a former patriarch of the family's aristocratic lineage.
  • 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: Phineas Nigellus Black
Triple: [Black family, notableMember, Phineas Nigellus Black]
Generated description
Phineas Nigellus Black is a former Slytherin Headmaster of Hogwarts and a portrait-bound ancestor of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phineas Nigellus Black
Target entity description: Phineas Nigellus Black is a former Slytherin Headmaster of Hogwarts and a portrait-bound ancestor of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series.
  • A. Regulus Arcturus Black
    Regulus Arcturus Black is a minor yet pivotal character in the Harry Potter series, a former Slytherin and Death Eater who ultimately defies Voldemort by attempting to destroy one of his Horcruxes.
  • B. Tobias Snape
    Tobias Snape is the Muggle father of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, depicted as a harsh and often abusive figure in his son's troubled childhood.
  • C. Marvolo Gaunt
    Marvolo Gaunt is a pure-blood wizard from the Harry Potter series, notable as a violent, impoverished descendant of Salazar Slytherin and a key link in Lord Voldemort’s dark family lineage.
  • D. Walburga Black
    Walburga Black is a pure-blood witch from the Harry Potter series, known as the fanatically traditional and prejudiced matriarch of the Black family whose portrait hangs in 12 Grimmauld Place.
  • E. Abraxas Malfoy
    Abraxas Malfoy is a pure-blood wizard from the influential Malfoy family, known primarily as the father of Lucius Malfoy and a former patriarch of the family's aristocratic lineage.
  • 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d82949e3688190b024a4980666c94f completed April 9, 2026, 10:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e6249ee74881908814cf59c82038a6 completed April 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e62cf224f881908badcdab6aea1aef completed April 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e663ffedfc8190a2b51995c62d1e6b completed April 20, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.