Triple
T16237685
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Babel Tower |
E394156
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nigel Reiver
Nigel Reiver is a fictional character from A.S. Byatt’s novel "Babel Tower," involved in the complex legal and personal conflicts that drive the book’s exploration of language, power, and identity.
|
E1202798
|
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: Nigel Reiver | Statement: [Babel Tower, hasCharacter, Nigel Reiver]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Reiver Context triple: [Babel Tower, hasCharacter, Nigel Reiver]
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A.
Nigel Dick
Nigel Dick is a British-born music video and film director known for creating iconic videos for major artists across pop and rock music.
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B.
Ivor Richards
Ivor Richards is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Richards.
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C.
Clive Exton
Clive Exton was a British screenwriter best known for his television adaptations and original dramas, including work on series such as "Agatha Christie's Poirot" and "Jeeves and Wooster."
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D.
Terence Higgins
Terence Higgins is an American drummer best known for his work with New Orleans funk and brass bands, including the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
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E.
Trevor Waite
Trevor Waite is an editor known for his work on the film "Bright Young Things."
- 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: Nigel Reiver Triple: [Babel Tower, hasCharacter, Nigel Reiver]
Generated description
Nigel Reiver is a fictional character from A.S. Byatt’s novel "Babel Tower," involved in the complex legal and personal conflicts that drive the book’s exploration of language, power, and identity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Reiver Target entity description: Nigel Reiver is a fictional character from A.S. Byatt’s novel "Babel Tower," involved in the complex legal and personal conflicts that drive the book’s exploration of language, power, and identity.
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A.
Nigel Dick
Nigel Dick is a British-born music video and film director known for creating iconic videos for major artists across pop and rock music.
-
B.
Ivor Richards
Ivor Richards is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Richards.
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C.
Clive Exton
Clive Exton was a British screenwriter best known for his television adaptations and original dramas, including work on series such as "Agatha Christie's Poirot" and "Jeeves and Wooster."
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D.
Terence Higgins
Terence Higgins is an American drummer best known for his work with New Orleans funk and brass bands, including the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
-
E.
Trevor Waite
Trevor Waite is an editor known for his work on the film "Bright Young Things."
- 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2455bb23881909c4cb4c1439d2bc5 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000edaf76c8190acc01f58845e570a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0011f7f3fc8190a3a3bf260b391e78 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0012e9913481908ee5ada2fce507f4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.