Triple

T16369172
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hector Cross series E397517 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Hector Cross
Hector Cross is the tough, resourceful former special forces operative who serves as the central protagonist in Wilbur Smith’s modern thriller series.
E1209265 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: Hector Cross | Statement: [Hector Cross series, mainCharacter, Hector Cross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hector Cross
Context triple: [Hector Cross series, mainCharacter, Hector Cross]
  • A. Hector Blake
    Hector Blake is the central antagonist in the British thriller film "I Came By," portrayed as a seemingly respectable former judge hiding dark and violent secrets.
  • B. Hector McDodd
    Hector McDodd is one of Mayor Ned McDodd’s many children in Dr. Seuss’s "Horton Hears a Who!", often depicted as a young Who from Whoville.
  • C. Theo Cross
    Theo Cross is the child of British actor Ben Cross, known for his role in the film "Chariots of Fire."
  • D. Alex Blake
    Alex Blake is a seasoned FBI linguistics expert and profiler on the television series "Criminal Minds," known for her analytical mind and calm, compassionate demeanor.
  • E. Malcolm Graves
    Malcolm Graves is a character from the horror-comedy film series "Ghoulies," known for his involvement with dark magic and the mischievous demonic creatures central to the franchise.
  • 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: Hector Cross
Triple: [Hector Cross series, mainCharacter, Hector Cross]
Generated description
Hector Cross is the tough, resourceful former special forces operative who serves as the central protagonist in Wilbur Smith’s modern thriller series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hector Cross
Target entity description: Hector Cross is the tough, resourceful former special forces operative who serves as the central protagonist in Wilbur Smith’s modern thriller series.
  • A. Hector Blake
    Hector Blake is the central antagonist in the British thriller film "I Came By," portrayed as a seemingly respectable former judge hiding dark and violent secrets.
  • B. Hector McDodd
    Hector McDodd is one of Mayor Ned McDodd’s many children in Dr. Seuss’s "Horton Hears a Who!", often depicted as a young Who from Whoville.
  • C. Theo Cross
    Theo Cross is the child of British actor Ben Cross, known for his role in the film "Chariots of Fire."
  • D. Alex Blake
    Alex Blake is a seasoned FBI linguistics expert and profiler on the television series "Criminal Minds," known for her analytical mind and calm, compassionate demeanor.
  • E. Malcolm Graves
    Malcolm Graves is a character from the horror-comedy film series "Ghoulies," known for his involvement with dark magic and the mischievous demonic creatures central to the franchise.
  • 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_69e2ff4021e88190ad093bab74cf82a4 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.