Triple

T15576627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Skylight E374385 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Edward Sergeant
Edward Sergeant is a central character in David Hare’s play "Skylight," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, class, and moral responsibility.
E1164669 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: Edward Sergeant | Statement: [Skylight, notableCharacter, Edward Sergeant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Sergeant
Context triple: [Skylight, notableCharacter, Edward Sergeant]
  • A. Colonel Thomas Wyndham Goddard
    Colonel Thomas Wyndham Goddard was a British East India Company army officer best known for leading successful campaigns in western India during the late 18th century, particularly in the First Anglo-Maratha War.
  • B. Colonel Edward Hatch
    Colonel Edward Hatch was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading military operations against Apache leader Victorio during the late 19th-century Indian Wars in the American Southwest.
  • C. Colonel Israel Angell
    Colonel Israel Angell was an American Revolutionary War officer from Rhode Island who distinguished himself in several key battles, including the defense of strategic forts and positions against British forces.
  • D. Brigadier R. A. Wyman
    Brigadier R. A. Wyman was a senior Canadian Army officer who commanded the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade during the Second World War.
  • E. Colonel Andrew Hynes
    Colonel Andrew Hynes was an early American pioneer and military officer best known for establishing the Kentucky settlement that became Elizabethtown.
  • 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: Edward Sergeant
Triple: [Skylight, notableCharacter, Edward Sergeant]
Generated description
Edward Sergeant is a central character in David Hare’s play "Skylight," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, class, and moral responsibility.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Sergeant
Target entity description: Edward Sergeant is a central character in David Hare’s play "Skylight," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, class, and moral responsibility.
  • A. Colonel Thomas Wyndham Goddard
    Colonel Thomas Wyndham Goddard was a British East India Company army officer best known for leading successful campaigns in western India during the late 18th century, particularly in the First Anglo-Maratha War.
  • B. Colonel Edward Hatch
    Colonel Edward Hatch was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading military operations against Apache leader Victorio during the late 19th-century Indian Wars in the American Southwest.
  • C. Colonel Israel Angell
    Colonel Israel Angell was an American Revolutionary War officer from Rhode Island who distinguished himself in several key battles, including the defense of strategic forts and positions against British forces.
  • D. Brigadier R. A. Wyman
    Brigadier R. A. Wyman was a senior Canadian Army officer who commanded the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade during the Second World War.
  • E. Colonel Andrew Hynes
    Colonel Andrew Hynes was an early American pioneer and military officer best known for establishing the Kentucky settlement that became Elizabethtown.
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e22c89081909b1ec0cd36a1ef45 completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4978ec8190a57de5d9a2ec6653 completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4d0678648190b61fbe79a60da8ec completed May 9, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff4d9258148190b21201bb09e16999 completed May 9, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.