Triple

T11822728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Little Dorrit E281178 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Arthur Clennam
Arthur Clennam is a central protagonist in Charles Dickens's novel "Little Dorrit," a middle-aged man who returns to England to uncover family secrets and becomes closely involved with the impoverished Dorrit family.
E948353 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: Arthur Clennam | Statement: [Little Dorrit, mainCharacter, Arthur Clennam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Clennam
Context triple: [Little Dorrit, mainCharacter, Arthur Clennam]
  • A. Oliver Braddick
    Oliver Braddick is a British experimental psychologist and neuroscientist known for his influential work on visual perception and development.
  • B. Abel Magwitch
    Abel Magwitch is the escaped convict and secret benefactor in Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations," whose hidden support transforms Pip's life and drives much of the story's moral and social drama.
  • C. Henry Burden
    Henry Burden was a 19th-century Scottish-American industrialist and inventor known for revolutionizing iron manufacturing, particularly through his patented horseshoe machine and development of the Burden Iron Works in Troy, New York.
  • D. Mr. Marks
    Mr. Marks is a gentle, soft-spoken Jewish fabric salesman in Lynn Nottage’s play "Intimate Apparel," who develops a deep, unspoken affection for the protagonist, Esther.
  • E. Nathaniel Lofthouse
    Nathaniel "Nat" Lofthouse was a legendary English footballer, famed as a powerful centre-forward for Bolton Wanderers and the England national team in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Arthur Clennam
Triple: [Little Dorrit, mainCharacter, Arthur Clennam]
Generated description
Arthur Clennam is a central protagonist in Charles Dickens's novel "Little Dorrit," a middle-aged man who returns to England to uncover family secrets and becomes closely involved with the impoverished Dorrit family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Clennam
Target entity description: Arthur Clennam is a central protagonist in Charles Dickens's novel "Little Dorrit," a middle-aged man who returns to England to uncover family secrets and becomes closely involved with the impoverished Dorrit family.
  • A. Oliver Braddick
    Oliver Braddick is a British experimental psychologist and neuroscientist known for his influential work on visual perception and development.
  • B. Abel Magwitch
    Abel Magwitch is the escaped convict and secret benefactor in Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations," whose hidden support transforms Pip's life and drives much of the story's moral and social drama.
  • C. Henry Burden
    Henry Burden was a 19th-century Scottish-American industrialist and inventor known for revolutionizing iron manufacturing, particularly through his patented horseshoe machine and development of the Burden Iron Works in Troy, New York.
  • D. Mr. Marks
    Mr. Marks is a gentle, soft-spoken Jewish fabric salesman in Lynn Nottage’s play "Intimate Apparel," who develops a deep, unspoken affection for the protagonist, Esther.
  • E. Nathaniel Lofthouse
    Nathaniel "Nat" Lofthouse was a legendary English footballer, famed as a powerful centre-forward for Bolton Wanderers and the England national team in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5e9c50481909b2287a0b23d2094 completed April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f131f4e2ec8190a78c101e17eaa5c0 completed April 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c completed April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.