Triple
T12855588
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Ballad of the Sad Café |
E307445
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marvin Macy
Marvin Macy is a central character in Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café," known as a once-brutal man whose obsessive, unrequited love and subsequent vengeful return drive much of the story’s tragic tension.
|
E1006831
|
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: Marvin Macy | Statement: [The Ballad of the Sad Café, hasCharacter, Marvin Macy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marvin Macy Context triple: [The Ballad of the Sad Café, hasCharacter, Marvin Macy]
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A.
Joseph Aloysius Dwan
Joseph Aloysius Dwan, better known as Allan Dwan, was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer active from the silent era through the golden age of Hollywood.
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B.
Maurice Minnifield
Maurice Minnifield is a wealthy, ex-astronaut and domineering former fighter pilot who serves as the influential town patriarch in the television series "Northern Exposure."
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C.
Marvin Duchow
Marvin Duchow was a Canadian musicologist and influential professor of music at McGill University, known for his scholarship in Renaissance and Baroque music.
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D.
Marvin Gerard
Marvin Gerard is a recurring character in the TV series "The Blacklist," known as a brilliant yet morally ambiguous lawyer who becomes deeply entangled in Raymond Reddington’s criminal operations.
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E.
Harold McLernon
Harold McLernon was a film editor known for his work on early sound-era movies, including the 1928 musical drama "The Singing Fool."
- 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: Marvin Macy Triple: [The Ballad of the Sad Café, hasCharacter, Marvin Macy]
Generated description
Marvin Macy is a central character in Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café," known as a once-brutal man whose obsessive, unrequited love and subsequent vengeful return drive much of the story’s tragic tension.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marvin Macy Target entity description: Marvin Macy is a central character in Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café," known as a once-brutal man whose obsessive, unrequited love and subsequent vengeful return drive much of the story’s tragic tension.
-
A.
Joseph Aloysius Dwan
Joseph Aloysius Dwan, better known as Allan Dwan, was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer active from the silent era through the golden age of Hollywood.
-
B.
Maurice Minnifield
Maurice Minnifield is a wealthy, ex-astronaut and domineering former fighter pilot who serves as the influential town patriarch in the television series "Northern Exposure."
-
C.
Marvin Duchow
Marvin Duchow was a Canadian musicologist and influential professor of music at McGill University, known for his scholarship in Renaissance and Baroque music.
-
D.
Marvin Gerard
Marvin Gerard is a recurring character in the TV series "The Blacklist," known as a brilliant yet morally ambiguous lawyer who becomes deeply entangled in Raymond Reddington’s criminal operations.
-
E.
Harold McLernon
Harold McLernon was a film editor known for his work on early sound-era movies, including the 1928 musical drama "The Singing Fool."
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d970231ce48190a4eabc4b8c24a3ff |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69ba9a53c81908e9ed120f6cb94af |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69d48e6948190a13afe3b8943d877 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69dfa2b8481908827025a28bfb056 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.