Triple

T12859096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Town Like Alice E307536 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Noel Strachan
Noel Strachan is a middle-aged London solicitor who serves as a central figure and narrator-like perspective in Nevil Shute’s novel "A Town Like Alice," guiding and supporting the heroine Jean Paget.
E1006296 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: Noel Strachan | Statement: [A Town Like Alice, mainCharacter, Noel Strachan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Strachan
Context triple: [A Town Like Alice, mainCharacter, Noel Strachan]
  • A. Rob Strachan
    Rob Strachan is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
  • B. Tony Docherty
    Tony Docherty is a Scottish football coach and former player best known for managing Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Professional Football League.
  • C. William Allardyce
    William Allardyce was a British colonial administrator, notably serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and later of Newfoundland in the early 20th century.
  • D. Billy McNeill
    Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
  • E. Martin O'Neill
    Martin O'Neill is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his successful spells in charge of clubs such as Leicester City, Celtic, and Aston Villa, as well as the Republic of Ireland national team.
  • 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: Noel Strachan
Triple: [A Town Like Alice, mainCharacter, Noel Strachan]
Generated description
Noel Strachan is a middle-aged London solicitor who serves as a central figure and narrator-like perspective in Nevil Shute’s novel "A Town Like Alice," guiding and supporting the heroine Jean Paget.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Strachan
Target entity description: Noel Strachan is a middle-aged London solicitor who serves as a central figure and narrator-like perspective in Nevil Shute’s novel "A Town Like Alice," guiding and supporting the heroine Jean Paget.
  • A. Rob Strachan
    Rob Strachan is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
  • B. Tony Docherty
    Tony Docherty is a Scottish football coach and former player best known for managing Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Professional Football League.
  • C. William Allardyce
    William Allardyce was a British colonial administrator, notably serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and later of Newfoundland in the early 20th century.
  • D. Billy McNeill
    Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
  • E. Martin O'Neill
    Martin O'Neill is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his successful spells in charge of clubs such as Leicester City, Celtic, and Aston Villa, as well as the Republic of Ireland national team.
  • 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_69d970242bd48190941cbae0315ebc3d completed April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69bac0c1081909217d865aa8bf9a3 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69cc60c488190a5a71e25c075e9ff completed May 3, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d845a9081909b40562825c1c500 completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.