Triple

T16524289
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject World Without End E401394 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Merthin Fitzgerald
Merthin Fitzgerald is a skilled and ambitious medieval builder and architect who serves as one of the central protagonists in Ken Follett’s historical novel "World Without End."
E1218860 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: Merthin Fitzgerald | Statement: [World Without End, mainCharacter, Merthin Fitzgerald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merthin Fitzgerald
Context triple: [World Without End, mainCharacter, Merthin Fitzgerald]
  • A. Richard FitzGerald
    Richard FitzGerald was a member of the powerful FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland, active in the late medieval period as part of one of the island’s most influential Anglo-Norman noble families.
  • B. Desmond FitzGerald
    Desmond FitzGerald is the son of former Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and a member of the prominent FitzGerald political family.
  • C. Desmond FitzGerald
    Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish revolutionary, politician, and government minister who played a key role in the early years of the Irish Free State.
  • D. Richard FitzPatrick
    Richard FitzPatrick was an 18th-century British Whig politician, soldier, and close ally of Charles James Fox, known for his parliamentary career and role in opposition politics.
  • E. Skinnay Ennis
    Skinnay Ennis was an American jazz and dance bandleader and singer popular in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his smooth vocal style and radio appearances.
  • 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: Merthin Fitzgerald
Triple: [World Without End, mainCharacter, Merthin Fitzgerald]
Generated description
Merthin Fitzgerald is a skilled and ambitious medieval builder and architect who serves as one of the central protagonists in Ken Follett’s historical novel "World Without End."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merthin Fitzgerald
Target entity description: Merthin Fitzgerald is a skilled and ambitious medieval builder and architect who serves as one of the central protagonists in Ken Follett’s historical novel "World Without End."
  • A. Richard FitzGerald
    Richard FitzGerald was a member of the powerful FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland, active in the late medieval period as part of one of the island’s most influential Anglo-Norman noble families.
  • B. Desmond FitzGerald
    Desmond FitzGerald is the son of former Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and a member of the prominent FitzGerald political family.
  • C. Desmond FitzGerald
    Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish revolutionary, politician, and government minister who played a key role in the early years of the Irish Free State.
  • D. Richard FitzPatrick
    Richard FitzPatrick was an 18th-century British Whig politician, soldier, and close ally of Charles James Fox, known for his parliamentary career and role in opposition politics.
  • E. Skinnay Ennis
    Skinnay Ennis was an American jazz and dance bandleader and singer popular in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his smooth vocal style and radio appearances.
  • 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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32ed323c081908218460aa4ae3cf6 completed April 18, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00608b7f6081909912dd575979f8d7 completed May 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0062b6637c81908a619e36af7d6989 completed May 10, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00639024d08190a46256691e89953a completed May 10, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.