Triple
T12885919
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Pale King |
E308223
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableCharacter |
P7927
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Claude Sylvanshine
Claude Sylvanshine is a neurotic, numerically gifted IRS examiner whose anxiety, compulsive thinking, and strange quasi-mystical “fact psychic” tendencies make him one of the most distinctive characters in David Foster Wallace’s novel *The Pale King*.
|
E1009687
|
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: Claude Sylvanshine | Statement: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Claude Sylvanshine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Claude Sylvanshine Context triple: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Claude Sylvanshine]
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A.
Claude Devorsine
Claude Devorsine is a French architect best known for designing the Tour Bretagne skyscraper in Nantes.
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B.
Alain
Alain is a masculine given name of French origin, derived from the Breton name Alan and widely used in French-speaking countries.
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C.
Rudolph Bloom
Rudolph Bloom is the father of Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," representing the protagonist’s Hungarian Jewish heritage and familial past.
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D.
Christophe
Christophe is a French theoretical physicist and science communicator known for his popular science books and collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
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E.
Christophe
Christophe is a French surname borne by individuals such as Anne-Athénaïre Christophe.
- 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: Claude Sylvanshine Triple: [The Pale King, hasNotableCharacter, Claude Sylvanshine]
Generated description
Claude Sylvanshine is a neurotic, numerically gifted IRS examiner whose anxiety, compulsive thinking, and strange quasi-mystical “fact psychic” tendencies make him one of the most distinctive characters in David Foster Wallace’s novel *The Pale King*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Claude Sylvanshine Target entity description: Claude Sylvanshine is a neurotic, numerically gifted IRS examiner whose anxiety, compulsive thinking, and strange quasi-mystical “fact psychic” tendencies make him one of the most distinctive characters in David Foster Wallace’s novel *The Pale King*.
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A.
Claude Devorsine
Claude Devorsine is a French architect best known for designing the Tour Bretagne skyscraper in Nantes.
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B.
Alain
Alain is a masculine given name of French origin, derived from the Breton name Alan and widely used in French-speaking countries.
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C.
Rudolph Bloom
Rudolph Bloom is the father of Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," representing the protagonist’s Hungarian Jewish heritage and familial past.
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D.
Christophe
Christophe is a French surname borne by individuals such as Anne-Athénaïre Christophe.
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E.
Christophe
Christophe is a masculine given name of Greek origin commonly used in French-speaking countries.
- 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9714415c08190aa9944b494a3ddad |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a5556fe081909ada9d491b21b17b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6a616f6e4819096c9850434882548 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6a716bb2c81909dccc5ddbf3c92b5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.