Triple

T1368947
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Haroun and the Sea of Stories E30066 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Butt the Hoopoe
Butt the Hoopoe is a mechanical, telepathic bird who serves as Haroun’s fast-talking, loyal companion and transport in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
E155960 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: Butt the Hoopoe | Statement: [Haroun and the Sea of Stories, character, Butt the Hoopoe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butt the Hoopoe
Context triple: [Haroun and the Sea of Stories, character, Butt the Hoopoe]
  • A. Cockfighter
    Cockfighter is a 1974 American drama film, directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates, that follows a man's obsessive pursuit of success in the world of illegal cockfighting.
  • B. Byrde
    Byrde is an archaic or variant spelling of the word "bird," historically used in Middle and Early Modern English texts.
  • C. Murg
    The Murg is a river in Germany’s Black Forest region, known for its steep valleys, hydroelectric use, and scenic landscapes.
  • D. Hooter the Owl
    Hooter the Owl is the costumed owl mascot that represents Temple University at its athletic events and campus activities.
  • E. Venetian Bird
    Venetian Bird is a 1952 British film noir thriller, also known as The Assassin, in which Sterling Hayden plays an American private investigator entangled in political intrigue in postwar Venice.
  • 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: Butt the Hoopoe
Triple: [Haroun and the Sea of Stories, character, Butt the Hoopoe]
Generated description
Butt the Hoopoe is a mechanical, telepathic bird who serves as Haroun’s fast-talking, loyal companion and transport in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butt the Hoopoe
Target entity description: Butt the Hoopoe is a mechanical, telepathic bird who serves as Haroun’s fast-talking, loyal companion and transport in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
  • A. Cockfighter
    Cockfighter is a 1974 American drama film, directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates, that follows a man's obsessive pursuit of success in the world of illegal cockfighting.
  • B. Byrde
    Byrde is an archaic or variant spelling of the word "bird," historically used in Middle and Early Modern English texts.
  • C. Murg
    The Murg is a river in Germany’s Black Forest region, known for its steep valleys, hydroelectric use, and scenic landscapes.
  • D. Hooter the Owl
    Hooter the Owl is the costumed owl mascot that represents Temple University at its athletic events and campus activities.
  • E. Venetian Bird
    Venetian Bird is a 1952 British film noir thriller, also known as The Assassin, in which Sterling Hayden plays an American private investigator entangled in political intrigue in postwar Venice.
  • 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_69a498f912008190a376a98b207b2071 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2d60fdc8190a9954b74ca2b2541 completed March 1, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce7ae56c8190970bacb061a71798 completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69accf15d910819098e9a4b24247881b completed March 8, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69accffa9a40819083a3e55a5d83e040 completed March 8, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.