Triple

T11931616
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tobias Smollett E283927 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Tobias
Tobias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in various European languages and often shortened to Toby.
 E216348 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: Tobias | Statement: [Tobias Smollett, givenName, Tobias]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tobias
Context triple: [Tobias Smollett, givenName, Tobias]
  • A. Tobias
    Tobias is the virtuous young protagonist of the biblical Book of Tobit, known for his journey with the angel Raphael and the healing of his father’s blindness.
  • B. Tobias
    Tobias is the full given name of Toby Ziegler, the fictional White House Communications Director from the television series "The West Wing."
  • C. Tobias
    Tobias is a character from the novel "Watch Over Me," playing a significant role in the story's emotional and psychological development.
  • D. Tobias
    Tobias is a central character in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance," portrayed as an affluent, aging suburban patriarch grappling with emotional detachment, existential unease, and the fragility of his family relationships.
  • E. Tobias
    Tobias is a surname of likely Hebrew origin, borne by various notable individuals including the American character actor George Tobias.
  • 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: Tobias
Triple: [Tobias Smollett, givenName, Tobias]
Generated description
Tobias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in various European languages and often shortened to Toby.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tobias
Target entity description: Tobias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in various European languages and often shortened to Toby.
  • A. Tobias
    Tobias is a surname of likely Hebrew origin, borne by various notable individuals including the American character actor George Tobias.
  • B. Tobias chosen
    Tobias is the full given name of Toby Ziegler, the fictional White House Communications Director from the television series "The West Wing."
  • C. Tobias
    Tobias is the virtuous young protagonist of the biblical Book of Tobit, known for his journey with the angel Raphael and the healing of his father’s blindness.
  • D. Tobias
    Tobias was a Native American man from the 17th-century Wampanoag community, known primarily through his familial connection to the Sakonnet leader Awashonks.
  • E. Tobias
    Tobias is a character from the novel "Watch Over Me," playing a significant role in the story's emotional and psychological development.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6ab2ce9c48190b5d39511b524f666 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d90305015c81908edb0d9d3d012b2e completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f4406ee910819093c72738bfe3f92c completed May 1, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f448fb898081908a8ffd0da703c0f9 completed May 1, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f44b9e662881908549e041f6a05e38 completed May 1, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.