Triple
T11776439
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | To the Lighthouse |
E280030
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Bankes
William Bankes is a reflective, somewhat austere botanist and family friend in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," whose unspoken feelings and observations highlight themes of memory, change, and unfulfilled desire.
|
E946026
|
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: William Bankes | Statement: [To the Lighthouse, hasCharacter, William Bankes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bankes Context triple: [To the Lighthouse, hasCharacter, William Bankes]
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A.
William Lambton
William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
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B.
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson is an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
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C.
Wilfred Buckland
Wilfred Buckland was an influential early Hollywood art director and production designer known for shaping the visual style of major silent-era films.
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D.
Joseph John Gurney
Joseph John Gurney was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker minister, banker, and social reformer known for his work on prison reform, abolitionism, and religious writings.
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E.
George Giffard
George Giffard was a British Army general who held senior command roles during World War II, particularly in the Southeast Asian theatre.
- 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: William Bankes Triple: [To the Lighthouse, hasCharacter, William Bankes]
Generated description
William Bankes is a reflective, somewhat austere botanist and family friend in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," whose unspoken feelings and observations highlight themes of memory, change, and unfulfilled desire.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bankes Target entity description: William Bankes is a reflective, somewhat austere botanist and family friend in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," whose unspoken feelings and observations highlight themes of memory, change, and unfulfilled desire.
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A.
William Lambton
William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
-
B.
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson is an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
-
C.
Wilfred Buckland
Wilfred Buckland was an influential early Hollywood art director and production designer known for shaping the visual style of major silent-era films.
-
D.
Joseph John Gurney
Joseph John Gurney was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker minister, banker, and social reformer known for his work on prison reform, abolitionism, and religious writings.
-
E.
George Giffard
George Giffard was a British Army general who held senior command roles during World War II, particularly in the Southeast Asian theatre.
- 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_69d6ab01d2688190ad8ed6bda487eaa5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a55f415081908eec78cb2c956598 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f090a95a908190a99e579e51cbeb4a |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f0bd3e585481908223acfd780a72a2 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f0ef31076c8190b33a6a2778d7ffbb |
completed | April 28, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.