Triple

T13677114
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tristram Shandy E327905 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Dr. Slop
Dr. Slop is a comically inept and blundering man-midwife in Laurence Sterne’s novel "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
E1056201 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: Dr. Slop | Statement: [Tristram Shandy, hasCharacter, Dr. Slop]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Slop
Context triple: [Tristram Shandy, hasCharacter, Dr. Slop]
  • A. Bustopher Jones
    Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
  • B. William Smithers
    William Smithers is an American actor best known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in 1970s crime dramas and the prime-time soap opera "Dallas."
  • C. Lucan the Butler
    Lucan the Butler is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known for his loyalty and service to King Arthur.
  • D. Miss Crawly
    Miss Crawly is an elderly, one-eyed iguana and Buster Moon’s loyal assistant in the animated film series "Sing."
  • E. Mr. Bucket
    Mr. Bucket is Charlie Bucket’s hardworking but impoverished father in Roald Dahl’s novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
  • 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: Dr. Slop
Triple: [Tristram Shandy, hasCharacter, Dr. Slop]
Generated description
Dr. Slop is a comically inept and blundering man-midwife in Laurence Sterne’s novel "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Slop
Target entity description: Dr. Slop is a comically inept and blundering man-midwife in Laurence Sterne’s novel "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
  • A. Bustopher Jones
    Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
  • B. William Smithers
    William Smithers is an American actor best known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in 1970s crime dramas and the prime-time soap opera "Dallas."
  • C. Lucan the Butler
    Lucan the Butler is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, known for his loyalty and service to King Arthur.
  • D. Miss Crawly
    Miss Crawly is an elderly, one-eyed iguana and Buster Moon’s loyal assistant in the animated film series "Sing."
  • E. Mr. Bucket
    Mr. Bucket is Charlie Bucket’s hardworking but impoverished father in Roald Dahl’s novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
  • 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_69d8076f1fa8819094664a59b55010df completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc65d8dc081909664e69bb38610ba completed April 12, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f794405a38819085f38170c56564f2 completed May 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7955fce288190a7e426f467517a91 completed May 3, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7996cddf08190973e493fb788ce7a completed May 3, 2026, 6:52 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:53 p.m.