Triple
T13796519
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Mercenary |
E331530
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Columba
Columba is a character from the science fiction novel "The Mercenary" by Jerry Pournelle, known for her role within its military-focused narrative.
|
E1062994
|
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: Columba | Statement: [The Mercenary, featuresCharacter, Columba]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columba Context triple: [The Mercenary, featuresCharacter, Columba]
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A.
Columba
Columba was a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary whose work, especially from the monastery he founded on Iona, was pivotal in spreading Christianity throughout parts of Scotland and the wider British Isles.
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B.
Columba
Columba is a small, faint southern constellation representing a dove, located near Canis Major in the night sky.
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C.
Alcedo
Alcedo is a genus of small, brightly colored river kingfishers known for their vivid blue and orange plumage and fish-hunting dives along freshwater habitats.
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D.
Gallus
Gallus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty, known for his turbulent rule in the Eastern Roman Empire and eventual execution under Emperor Constantius II.
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E.
Gallus
Gallus was a prominent Roman poet and political figure of the Augustan era, best known for pioneering Latin love elegy and influencing later Augustan literature.
- 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: Columba Triple: [The Mercenary, featuresCharacter, Columba]
Generated description
Columba is a character from the science fiction novel "The Mercenary" by Jerry Pournelle, known for her role within its military-focused narrative.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columba Target entity description: Columba is a character from the science fiction novel "The Mercenary" by Jerry Pournelle, known for her role within its military-focused narrative.
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A.
Columba
Columba was a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary whose work, especially from the monastery he founded on Iona, was pivotal in spreading Christianity throughout parts of Scotland and the wider British Isles.
-
B.
Columba
Columba is a small, faint southern constellation representing a dove, located near Canis Major in the night sky.
-
C.
Alcedo
Alcedo is a genus of small, brightly colored river kingfishers known for their vivid blue and orange plumage and fish-hunting dives along freshwater habitats.
-
D.
Gallus
Gallus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty, known for his turbulent rule in the Eastern Roman Empire and eventual execution under Emperor Constantius II.
-
E.
Gallus
Gallus was a prominent Roman poet and political figure of the Augustan era, best known for pioneering Latin love elegy and influencing later Augustan literature.
- 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_69d81c58feb08190a77bca8bf7d6d20f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de025be1f08190aac525d72d7dc0c3 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7b08508688190b7e8c33e6b65e25d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7b48bf704819098bfb70def28a0d1 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7b5c9e284819094e7af030e1e9034 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.