Triple

T12392568
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Liar E296032 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Professor Donald Trefusis
Professor Donald Trefusis is a fictional eccentric Cambridge don and polymath, created by Stephen Fry and known for his erudite, whimsical, and often subversive commentary.
E982807 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: Professor Donald Trefusis | Statement: [The Liar, hasCharacter, Professor Donald Trefusis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Donald Trefusis
Context triple: [The Liar, hasCharacter, Professor Donald Trefusis]
  • A. Denis Donoghue
    Denis Donoghue was a prominent Irish literary critic and scholar known for his influential work on modern literature and aesthetics.
  • B. Anthony Pym
    Anthony Pym is a translation studies scholar known for his influential work on translation theory, intercultural communication, and translator training.
  • C. Clive Mitten
    Clive Mitten is a British musician best known as a founding member and bassist of the neo-progressive rock band Twelfth Night.
  • D. Francis Kermode
    Francis Kermode was a Canadian naturalist and museum curator best known for his work in British Columbia, after whom the rare white-furred Kermode bear is named.
  • E. Walter Warlimont
    Walter Warlimont was a German Wehrmacht general who served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal at the High Command Trial.
  • 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: Professor Donald Trefusis
Triple: [The Liar, hasCharacter, Professor Donald Trefusis]
Generated description
Professor Donald Trefusis is a fictional eccentric Cambridge don and polymath, created by Stephen Fry and known for his erudite, whimsical, and often subversive commentary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Donald Trefusis
Target entity description: Professor Donald Trefusis is a fictional eccentric Cambridge don and polymath, created by Stephen Fry and known for his erudite, whimsical, and often subversive commentary.
  • A. Denis Donoghue
    Denis Donoghue was a prominent Irish literary critic and scholar known for his influential work on modern literature and aesthetics.
  • B. Anthony Pym
    Anthony Pym is a translation studies scholar known for his influential work on translation theory, intercultural communication, and translator training.
  • C. Clive Mitten
    Clive Mitten is a British musician best known as a founding member and bassist of the neo-progressive rock band Twelfth Night.
  • D. Francis Kermode
    Francis Kermode was a Canadian naturalist and museum curator best known for his work in British Columbia, after whom the rare white-furred Kermode bear is named.
  • E. Walter Warlimont
    Walter Warlimont was a German Wehrmacht general who served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal at the High Command Trial.
  • 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fd228488190b216abd1c341563c completed April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6347c239881909a031e9e195080c9 completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f63674aa3c81908ba82a9d246b3b3a completed May 2, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63a9b32fc8190ab98492ff91d2a66 completed May 2, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.