Triple

T13648465
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Feral Detective E326665 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Charles Heist
Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
 E1053822 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: Charles Heist | Statement: [The Feral Detective, mainCharacter, Charles Heist]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Heist
Context triple: [The Feral Detective, mainCharacter, Charles Heist]
  • A. Benjamin Poindexter
    Benjamin Poindexter is a Marvel Comics supervillain better known as Bullseye, an expert marksman and deadly assassin often depicted as an enemy of Daredevil.
  • B. Brian Moriarty
    Brian Moriarty is an American game designer best known for his influential work on classic interactive fiction titles such as "Trinity" and "Wishbringer," as well as LucasArts' "Loom."
  • C. Tom Beckett
    Tom Beckett is an actor best known for his role as a principal cast member on the classic-style 1940s radio-station sitcom series "Remember WENN."
  • D. Charles Wilcox
    Charles Wilcox is a fictional character in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," depicted as the son of wealthy businessman Henry Wilcox.
  • E. Robert Hobbs
    Robert Hobbs is an actor known for his role in the film "Longford" and various other screen and stage performances.
  • 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: Charles Heist
Triple: [The Feral Detective, mainCharacter, Charles Heist]
Generated description
Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Heist
Target entity description: Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
  • A. Benjamin Poindexter
    Benjamin Poindexter is a Marvel Comics supervillain better known as Bullseye, an expert marksman and deadly assassin often depicted as an enemy of Daredevil.
  • B. Brian Moriarty
    Brian Moriarty is an American game designer best known for his influential work on classic interactive fiction titles such as "Trinity" and "Wishbringer," as well as LucasArts' "Loom."
  • C. Tom Beckett
    Tom Beckett is an actor best known for his role as a principal cast member on the classic-style 1940s radio-station sitcom series "Remember WENN."
  • D. Charles Wilcox
    Charles Wilcox is a fictional character in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," depicted as the son of wealthy businessman Henry Wilcox.
  • E. Robert Hobbs
    Robert Hobbs is an actor known for his role in the film "Longford" and various other screen and stage performances.
  • 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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc6073e888190965456a639839749 completed April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f78afbf8948190ad38ea7529e52f16 completed May 3, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f78bd52b748190ab483ec7634a6549 completed May 3, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f78d277c5c8190970cb3cd0fd32905 completed May 3, 2026, 6 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.