Triple
T14179463
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Madame Bovary |
E351414
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Monsieur Homais
Monsieur Homais is the self-satisfied, bourgeois pharmacist in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary," known for his pedantry, anticlerical views, and embodiment of provincial mediocrity.
|
E1084656
|
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: Monsieur Homais | Statement: [Madame Bovary, character, Monsieur Homais]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monsieur Homais Context triple: [Madame Bovary, character, Monsieur Homais]
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A.
Abbé Birotteau
Abbé Birotteau is a timid, naive priest whose misfortunes and conflicts in provincial society form the core of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Le Curé de Tours."
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B.
Félicien Menu de Ménil
Félicien Menu de Ménil was a French composer and early Esperantist known for creating influential musical works within the Esperanto movement.
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C.
Monsieur Vabre
Monsieur Vabre is a fictional bourgeois Parisian property owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and moral decay of the 19th-century middle class.
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D.
Monsieur Quesnel
Monsieur Quesnel is a character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," known as Emily St. Aubert’s self-interested and unsympathetic relative.
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E.
Monsieur Purgon
Monsieur Purgon is the authoritarian, profit-driven physician in Molière’s comedy *Le Malade imaginaire*, embodying the satire of dogmatic and self-interested medical practice.
- 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: Monsieur Homais Triple: [Madame Bovary, character, Monsieur Homais]
Generated description
Monsieur Homais is the self-satisfied, bourgeois pharmacist in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary," known for his pedantry, anticlerical views, and embodiment of provincial mediocrity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monsieur Homais Target entity description: Monsieur Homais is the self-satisfied, bourgeois pharmacist in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary," known for his pedantry, anticlerical views, and embodiment of provincial mediocrity.
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A.
Abbé Birotteau
Abbé Birotteau is a timid, naive priest whose misfortunes and conflicts in provincial society form the core of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Le Curé de Tours."
-
B.
Félicien Menu de Ménil
Félicien Menu de Ménil was a French composer and early Esperantist known for creating influential musical works within the Esperanto movement.
-
C.
Monsieur Vabre
Monsieur Vabre is a fictional bourgeois Parisian property owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and moral decay of the 19th-century middle class.
-
D.
Monsieur Quesnel
Monsieur Quesnel is a character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," known as Emily St. Aubert’s self-interested and unsympathetic relative.
-
E.
Monsieur Purgon
Monsieur Purgon is the authoritarian, profit-driven physician in Molière’s comedy *Le Malade imaginaire*, embodying the satire of dogmatic and self-interested medical practice.
- 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_69d8278834a08190b0f1784e58d7b99c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de61c90abc8190a9b9dc1f50db59fa |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcf80f03a48190a5374fb6374255a8 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd09b00dc48190bec9853e3dc78f26 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 9:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd0a4c377c81909af76e8bd47e2f2a |
completed | May 7, 2026, 9:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:02 a.m.