Triple
T16368550
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Sparrow Falls |
E397500
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dirk Courtney
Dirk Courtney is the central protagonist of Wilbur Smith’s novel "A Sparrow Falls," a character whose life and adventures reflect the tumultuous history and rugged landscapes of early 20th-century South Africa.
|
E1209230
|
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: Dirk Courtney | Statement: [A Sparrow Falls, mainCharacter, Dirk Courtney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dirk Courtney Context triple: [A Sparrow Falls, mainCharacter, Dirk Courtney]
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A.
John Drake
John Drake is the resourceful and unflappable secret agent protagonist of the 1960s British television series "Danger Man."
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B.
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross is a high-ranking U.S. military officer in Marvel Comics, best known for obsessively hunting the Hulk and later becoming the Red Hulk.
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C.
Danny Ketch
Danny Ketch is a Marvel Comics character best known as a modern incarnation of Ghost Rider, a supernatural antihero bonded to the Spirit of Vengeance.
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D.
Dane Bowers
Dane Bowers is a British singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the late-1990s boy band Another Level and for his collaborations in UK garage music.
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E.
Cliff Steele
Cliff Steele is a former race car driver whose brain is transplanted into a powerful robotic body, making him the cyborg hero Robotman in DC Comics' Doom Patrol.
- 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: Dirk Courtney Triple: [A Sparrow Falls, mainCharacter, Dirk Courtney]
Generated description
Dirk Courtney is the central protagonist of Wilbur Smith’s novel "A Sparrow Falls," a character whose life and adventures reflect the tumultuous history and rugged landscapes of early 20th-century South Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dirk Courtney Target entity description: Dirk Courtney is the central protagonist of Wilbur Smith’s novel "A Sparrow Falls," a character whose life and adventures reflect the tumultuous history and rugged landscapes of early 20th-century South Africa.
-
A.
John Drake
John Drake is the resourceful and unflappable secret agent protagonist of the 1960s British television series "Danger Man."
-
B.
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross is a high-ranking U.S. military officer in Marvel Comics, best known for obsessively hunting the Hulk and later becoming the Red Hulk.
-
C.
Danny Ketch
Danny Ketch is a Marvel Comics character best known as a modern incarnation of Ghost Rider, a supernatural antihero bonded to the Spirit of Vengeance.
-
D.
Dane Bowers
Dane Bowers is a British singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the late-1990s boy band Another Level and for his collaborations in UK garage music.
-
E.
Cliff Steele
Cliff Steele is a former race car driver whose brain is transplanted into a powerful robotic body, making him the cyborg hero Robotman in DC Comics' Doom Patrol.
- 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_69d87f2778dc8190aa95c7572db127e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2ff3f0694819097faa1c1447a9e97 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a002dc29f088190ba5d69ff3c12a251 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a002ec2fd948190878af958d0b90ce6 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00312a4fc48190b6bd6ad9db71bb4d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.