Triple

T1272998
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harper & Brothers E15750 entity
Predicate notableAuthorPublished P7039 FINISHED
Object William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist best known for his satirical works, particularly the novel "Vanity Fair."
 E145738 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: William Makepeace Thackeray | Statement: [Harper & Brothers, notableAuthorPublished, William Makepeace Thackeray]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Makepeace Thackeray
Context triple: [Harper & Brothers, notableAuthorPublished, William Makepeace Thackeray]
  • A. Robert Surtees
    Robert Surtees was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his richly photographed Hollywood classics and multiple Academy Award-winning work.
  • B. P. G. Wodehouse
    P. G. Wodehouse was an English author celebrated for his witty, farcical comic novels and stories, particularly those featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
  • C. Harriet Marian Thackeray
    Harriet Marian Thackeray was a 19th-century English woman best known as the daughter of novelist William Makepeace Thackeray and the first wife of literary critic and biographer Leslie Stephen.
  • D. Charles Dickens
    Charles Dickens was a renowned 19th-century English novelist and social critic whose works, including "A Christmas Carol," "Oliver Twist," and "Great Expectations," vividly depicted Victorian society and its injustices.
  • E. Anthony Trollope
    Anthony Trollope was a prominent 19th-century English novelist best known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series, which vividly depict Victorian society and politics.
  • 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: William Makepeace Thackeray
Triple: [Harper & Brothers, notableAuthorPublished, William Makepeace Thackeray]
Generated description
William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist best known for his satirical works, particularly the novel "Vanity Fair."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Makepeace Thackeray
Target entity description: William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist best known for his satirical works, particularly the novel "Vanity Fair."
  • A. Robert Surtees
    Robert Surtees was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his richly photographed Hollywood classics and multiple Academy Award-winning work.
  • B. P. G. Wodehouse
    P. G. Wodehouse was an English author celebrated for his witty, farcical comic novels and stories, particularly those featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
  • C. Harriet Marian Thackeray
    Harriet Marian Thackeray was a 19th-century English woman best known as the daughter of novelist William Makepeace Thackeray and the first wife of literary critic and biographer Leslie Stephen.
  • D. Charles Dickens
    Charles Dickens was a renowned 19th-century English novelist and social critic whose works, including "A Christmas Carol," "Oliver Twist," and "Great Expectations," vividly depicted Victorian society and its injustices.
  • E. Anthony Trollope
    Anthony Trollope was a prominent 19th-century English novelist best known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series, which vividly depict Victorian society and politics.
  • 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c06c033081909bc594157abaf5bb completed March 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aca2f49a98819083dacff7e76ad195 completed March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aca38229108190b8cc2e0ef5bc8667 completed March 7, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aca40068f08190a49f9cbb5c78b471 completed March 7, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.