Triple
T15622693
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pencey Prep |
E375596
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasStaffCharacter |
P61558
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mr. Thurmer
Mr. Thurmer is the headmaster of Pencey Prep in J.D. Salinger’s novel "The Catcher in the Rye," known for his formal, somewhat hypocritical lectures to students like Holden Caulfield.
|
E1167937
|
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: Mr. Thurmer | Statement: [Pencey Prep, hasStaffCharacter, Mr. Thurmer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Thurmer Context triple: [Pencey Prep, hasStaffCharacter, Mr. Thurmer]
-
A.
Harlan Rook
Harlan Rook is the psychopathic, fame-obsessed serial killer and main antagonist in the 1988 Dirty Harry film "The Dead Pool."
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B.
Ellsworth Toohey
Ellsworth Toohey is the manipulative, collectivist newspaper critic and main antagonist in Ayn Rand’s novel and its 1949 film adaptation, The Fountainhead.
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C.
Arthur Peppercorn
Arthur Peppercorn was a prominent British steam locomotive designer who served as the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, overseeing the development of its final express passenger engines.
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D.
William Mulloy
William Mulloy was an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering restoration and conservation work on the moai and ceremonial sites of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
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E.
Mr. Lammeter
Mr. Lammeter is a respectable country gentleman and the father of Nancy Lammeter in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner."
- 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: Mr. Thurmer Triple: [Pencey Prep, hasStaffCharacter, Mr. Thurmer]
Generated description
Mr. Thurmer is the headmaster of Pencey Prep in J.D. Salinger’s novel "The Catcher in the Rye," known for his formal, somewhat hypocritical lectures to students like Holden Caulfield.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Thurmer Target entity description: Mr. Thurmer is the headmaster of Pencey Prep in J.D. Salinger’s novel "The Catcher in the Rye," known for his formal, somewhat hypocritical lectures to students like Holden Caulfield.
-
A.
Harlan Rook
Harlan Rook is the psychopathic, fame-obsessed serial killer and main antagonist in the 1988 Dirty Harry film "The Dead Pool."
-
B.
Ellsworth Toohey
Ellsworth Toohey is the manipulative, collectivist newspaper critic and main antagonist in Ayn Rand’s novel and its 1949 film adaptation, The Fountainhead.
-
C.
Arthur Peppercorn
Arthur Peppercorn was a prominent British steam locomotive designer who served as the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, overseeing the development of its final express passenger engines.
-
D.
William Mulloy
William Mulloy was an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering restoration and conservation work on the moai and ceremonial sites of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
-
E.
Mr. Lammeter
Mr. Lammeter is a respectable country gentleman and the father of Nancy Lammeter in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner."
- 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_69d85ccf2794819096cda4cbcb02d478 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04e9cfd94819091459aa17a002eaf |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff5f3da754819085a6bd9876b12c65 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff605d94308190bccbfb4588f337e1 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff612340748190987e567e43460f62 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.