Triple
T12263736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
E292288
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Abel Whittle
Abel Whittle is a timid, simple-minded laborer in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge," often serving as a source of pathos and comic relief through his mistreatment by the mayor.
|
E971195
|
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: Abel Whittle | Statement: [The Mayor of Casterbridge, hasCharacter, Abel Whittle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abel Whittle Context triple: [The Mayor of Casterbridge, hasCharacter, Abel Whittle]
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A.
Frank Whittle
Frank Whittle was a pioneering English engineer and RAF officer best known for inventing the turbojet engine, which revolutionized aviation.
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B.
William Stirling
William Stirling is a member of the Stirling family, known primarily as the brother of British World War II special forces pioneer David Stirling.
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C.
Frederick Handley Page
Frederick Handley Page was a pioneering British aircraft designer and industrialist, best known for founding the Handley Page aircraft company and creating some of the earliest heavy bombers and airliners.
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D.
R. J. Mitchell
R. J. Mitchell was a British aeronautical engineer best known for creating the iconic Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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E.
Percival Provost
The Percival Provost is a British-built, piston-engined basic trainer aircraft that served widely in military pilot training during 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: Abel Whittle Triple: [The Mayor of Casterbridge, hasCharacter, Abel Whittle]
Generated description
Abel Whittle is a timid, simple-minded laborer in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge," often serving as a source of pathos and comic relief through his mistreatment by the mayor.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abel Whittle Target entity description: Abel Whittle is a timid, simple-minded laborer in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge," often serving as a source of pathos and comic relief through his mistreatment by the mayor.
-
A.
Frank Whittle
Frank Whittle was a pioneering English engineer and RAF officer best known for inventing the turbojet engine, which revolutionized aviation.
-
B.
William Stirling
William Stirling is a member of the Stirling family, known primarily as the brother of British World War II special forces pioneer David Stirling.
-
C.
Frederick Handley Page
Frederick Handley Page was a pioneering British aircraft designer and industrialist, best known for founding the Handley Page aircraft company and creating some of the earliest heavy bombers and airliners.
-
D.
R. J. Mitchell
R. J. Mitchell was a British aeronautical engineer best known for creating the iconic Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
-
E.
Percival Provost
The Percival Provost is a British-built, piston-engined basic trainer aircraft that served widely in military pilot training during 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91cdb0a948190aeee4ca3c01f801e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f60ac3ce008190856a917c2c75862a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f60f220554819088c0aa5706f44856 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f60f9f40f48190b60be483d1922b22 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.