Triple
T14594577
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Man Who Fell to Earth |
E342524
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Jerome Newton
Thomas Jerome Newton is a mysterious, humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking water for his drought-stricken home planet in the science fiction story "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
|
E1109039
|
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: Thomas Jerome Newton | Statement: [The Man Who Fell to Earth, mainCharacter, Thomas Jerome Newton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Jerome Newton Context triple: [The Man Who Fell to Earth, mainCharacter, Thomas Jerome Newton]
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A.
Charles Harrison Mason
Charles Harrison Mason was an influential African American Holiness–Pentecostal minister who became the leading figure of early Pentecostalism in the United States.
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B.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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C.
James Challis
James Challis was a 19th-century English clergyman and astronomer best known for his role as director of the Cambridge Observatory during the period of the predicted discovery of Neptune.
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D.
Augustus Short
Augustus Short was a 19th-century Anglican bishop who became the first Bishop of Adelaide and played a key role in establishing the Church of England and educational institutions in South Australia.
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E.
A. Langley
A. Langley is a computer security and cryptography expert known for contributions to modern internet security protocols and standards.
- 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: Thomas Jerome Newton Triple: [The Man Who Fell to Earth, mainCharacter, Thomas Jerome Newton]
Generated description
Thomas Jerome Newton is a mysterious, humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking water for his drought-stricken home planet in the science fiction story "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Jerome Newton Target entity description: Thomas Jerome Newton is a mysterious, humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking water for his drought-stricken home planet in the science fiction story "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
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A.
Charles Harrison Mason
Charles Harrison Mason was an influential African American Holiness–Pentecostal minister who became the leading figure of early Pentecostalism in the United States.
-
B.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
-
C.
James Challis
James Challis was a 19th-century English clergyman and astronomer best known for his role as director of the Cambridge Observatory during the period of the predicted discovery of Neptune.
-
D.
Augustus Short
Augustus Short was a 19th-century Anglican bishop who became the first Bishop of Adelaide and played a key role in establishing the Church of England and educational institutions in South Australia.
-
E.
A. Langley
A. Langley is a computer security and cryptography expert known for contributions to modern internet security protocols and standards.
- 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_69d822ddc0f081909cd8163c7de298cd |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb43480d8819084a707e56da2c237 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd94c60448819098cfab7dd292f0cd |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd988f734481908ca4960a69fc2b2a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 8:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd9a30a73c8190877d5d0ada2e21ca |
completed | May 8, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.