Triple

T16245160
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Devil Is Waiting E394352 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Roper
Roper is a recurring intelligence operative character in Jack Higgins’s thrillers, including the novel "A Devil Is Waiting."
 E1190356 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: Roper | Statement: [A Devil Is Waiting, featuresCharacter, Roper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roper
Context triple: [A Devil Is Waiting, featuresCharacter, Roper]
  • A. Roper
    Roper is a central character in the fantasy novel "The Midnight Bell," around whom much of the story’s action and intrigue revolves.
  • B. Roper
    Roper is a fictional character appearing in the thriller novel "The Judas Gate" by Jack Higgins.
  • C. Underwood
    Underwood is a surname most prominently associated with the fictional political power couple Frank and Claire Underwood from the television series "House of Cards."
  • D. Underwood
    Underwood is a residential suburb located within Logan City in Queensland, Australia, known for its multicultural community and convenient access to Brisbane.
  • E. Blackmer
    Blackmer is a surname most notably associated with American actor Sidney Blackmer, known for his work on stage and in film during the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Roper
Triple: [A Devil Is Waiting, featuresCharacter, Roper]
Generated description
Roper is a recurring intelligence operative character in Jack Higgins’s thrillers, including the novel "A Devil Is Waiting."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roper
Target entity description: Roper is a recurring intelligence operative character in Jack Higgins’s thrillers, including the novel "A Devil Is Waiting."
  • A. Roper chosen
    Roper is a fictional character appearing in the thriller novel "The Judas Gate" by Jack Higgins.
  • B. Roper
    Roper is a central character in the fantasy novel "The Midnight Bell," around whom much of the story’s action and intrigue revolves.
  • C. Underwood
    Underwood is a surname most prominently associated with the fictional political power couple Frank and Claire Underwood from the television series "House of Cards."
  • D. Underwood
    Underwood is a residential suburb located within Logan City in Queensland, Australia, known for its multicultural community and convenient access to Brisbane.
  • E. Blackmer
    Blackmer is a surname most notably associated with American actor Sidney Blackmer, known for his work on stage and in film during the mid-20th century.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e24561d250819096f709ea8751fcb9 completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000ee135b881909cc1b6919bc7af29 completed May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00132b0ca4819080f45f929ac39eca completed May 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00138ca1b48190bd7d79699b9e2114 completed May 10, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.