Triple

T12942687
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Passenger E309673 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Bobby Western
Bobby Western is the introspective, haunted salvage diver who serves as the central protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel *The Passenger*.
E1011906 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: Bobby Western | Statement: [The Passenger, mainCharacter, Bobby Western]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby Western
Context triple: [The Passenger, mainCharacter, Bobby Western]
  • A. Bobby Lewis
    Bobby Lewis was an American rock and roll and R&B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Tossin' and Turnin'."
  • B. Bobby Whitman
    Bobby Whitman is a central character in the thriller film "Mindhunters," portrayed as one of the FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island during a deadly training exercise.
  • C. Bobby Troup
    Bobby Troup was an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and actor best known for penning classic tunes like "Route 66" and for his work in film and television.
  • D. Bobby Freeman
    Bobby Freeman was an American rock and soul singer-songwriter best known for his 1958 hit single "Do You Wanna Dance?".
  • E. Bobby Elliott
    Bobby Elliott is an English rock drummer best known for his long-time role in the influential band The Hollies.
  • 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: Bobby Western
Triple: [The Passenger, mainCharacter, Bobby Western]
Generated description
Bobby Western is the introspective, haunted salvage diver who serves as the central protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel *The Passenger*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby Western
Target entity description: Bobby Western is the introspective, haunted salvage diver who serves as the central protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel *The Passenger*.
  • A. Bobby Lewis
    Bobby Lewis was an American rock and roll and R&B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Tossin' and Turnin'."
  • B. Bobby Whitman
    Bobby Whitman is a central character in the thriller film "Mindhunters," portrayed as one of the FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island during a deadly training exercise.
  • C. Bobby Troup
    Bobby Troup was an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and actor best known for penning classic tunes like "Route 66" and for his work in film and television.
  • D. Bobby Freeman
    Bobby Freeman was an American rock and soul singer-songwriter best known for his 1958 hit single "Do You Wanna Dance?".
  • E. Bobby Elliott
    Bobby Elliott is an English rock drummer best known for his long-time role in the influential band The Hollies.
  • 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e1a28688190ab9fd1307bc76b4a completed April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af73e6348190be114e8c5ad181bf completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b066f3888190b925e5a43be57965 completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b1a539148190be7a4f16f738ca90 completed May 3, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.