Triple

T11754469
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Under the Volcano E279488 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Dr. Vigil
Dr. Vigil is a compassionate and clear-sighted doctor who serves as a moral and rational counterpoint to the Consul’s self-destruction in Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano."
 E945073 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Dr. Vigil | Statement: [Under the Volcano, hasCharacter, Dr. Vigil]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Vigil
Context triple: [Under the Volcano, hasCharacter, Dr. Vigil]
  • A. Dr. Casares
    Dr. Casares is a compassionate, aging doctor and caretaker at a remote orphanage in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
  • B. Dr. Vertiz
    Dr. Vertiz is a Mexico City Metrobús station serving the Colonia Narvarte area.
  • C. Doctor Ferreiro
    Doctor Ferreiro is a compassionate and principled physician in the film "Pan's Labyrinth," who secretly aids the anti-Franco resistance.
  • D. Dr. Fagan
    Dr. Fagan is a comically unscrupulous and financially desperate headmaster of a disreputable Welsh boarding school in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Decline and Fall."
  • E. Dr. Delmarre
    Dr. Delmarre is a key character in Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "The Naked Sun," serving as a prominent roboticist whose death becomes the central mystery of the story.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Vigil
Target entity description: Dr. Vigil is a compassionate and clear-sighted doctor who serves as a moral and rational counterpoint to the Consul’s self-destruction in Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano."
  • A. Dr. Casares
    Dr. Casares is a compassionate, aging doctor and caretaker at a remote orphanage in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
  • B. Dr. Vertiz
    Dr. Vertiz is a Mexico City Metrobús station serving the Colonia Narvarte area.
  • C. Doctor Ferreiro
    Doctor Ferreiro is a compassionate and principled physician in the film "Pan's Labyrinth," who secretly aids the anti-Franco resistance.
  • D. Dr. Fagan
    Dr. Fagan is a comically unscrupulous and financially desperate headmaster of a disreputable Welsh boarding school in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Decline and Fall."
  • E. Dr. Delmarre
    Dr. Delmarre is a key character in Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "The Naked Sun," serving as a prominent roboticist whose death becomes the central mystery of the story.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Dr. Vigil
Triple: [Under the Volcano, hasCharacter, Dr. Vigil]
Generated description
Dr. Vigil is a compassionate and clear-sighted doctor who serves as a moral and rational counterpoint to the Consul’s self-destruction in Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano."

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ab01038c819080714901502c84fc elicitation completed
NER batch_69d8a50b8a14819092a7397d73f0a8e3 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f01a21559c819097d0287dd8e2f411 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f05ad36e4c8190b7239e5b33713369 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f0319622c48190bee6c906f08c0a8c nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.