Triple
T12312018
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard MacDuff |
E293501
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstAppearance |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987 novel) |
E58563
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987 novel) | Statement: [Richard MacDuff, firstAppearance, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987 novel)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987 novel) Context triple: [Richard MacDuff, firstAppearance, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987 novel)]
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A.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
chosen
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams that follows the eccentric "holistic detective" Dirk Gently as he solves mysteries through the interconnectedness of all things.
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B.
Dirk Gently (2010 TV series)
Dirk Gently (2010 TV series) is a British comedy-drama television adaptation loosely based on Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," following an eccentric detective who solves cases through the interconnectedness of all things.
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C.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series) is a quirky science-fiction comedy-drama following an eccentric "holistic" detective and his reluctant assistant as they investigate bizarre, interconnected mysteries.
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D.
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman is a darkly comic, surreal novel by Irish writer Flann O'Brien that blends metaphysics, absurdity, and murder mystery in a bizarre rural police station setting.
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E.
The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel set in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe, continuing the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the naive tourist Twoflower.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93f02c0508190b10c0627cdaaba76 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f61e84fa708190854afc6afd425fd7 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.