Triple
T16780410
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Custom of the Country |
E407841
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elmer Spragg
Elmer Spragg is a wealthy, socially ambitious American businessman who appears as a key supporting character in Edith Wharton’s novel "The Custom of the Country."
|
E1249026
|
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: Elmer Spragg | Statement: [The Custom of the Country, hasCharacter, Elmer Spragg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer Spragg Context triple: [The Custom of the Country, hasCharacter, Elmer Spragg]
-
A.
Elmer Smith
Elmer Smith was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for hitting the first grand slam in World Series history during the 1920 Fall Classic.
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B.
Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor active from the silent era into the mid-20th century, known for his work on low-budget and exploitation films.
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C.
Elmer Winter
Elmer Winter was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Manpower Inc., one of the world’s largest staffing and workforce solutions companies.
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D.
Elmer Harris
Elmer Harris is a creator known for his work associated with Belinda McDonald.
-
E.
Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his dynamic performances in pioneering gangster and crime dramas.
- 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: Elmer Spragg Triple: [The Custom of the Country, hasCharacter, Elmer Spragg]
Generated description
Elmer Spragg is a wealthy, socially ambitious American businessman who appears as a key supporting character in Edith Wharton’s novel "The Custom of the Country."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer Spragg Target entity description: Elmer Spragg is a wealthy, socially ambitious American businessman who appears as a key supporting character in Edith Wharton’s novel "The Custom of the Country."
-
A.
Elmer Smith
Elmer Smith was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for hitting the first grand slam in World Series history during the 1920 Fall Classic.
-
B.
Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor active from the silent era into the mid-20th century, known for his work on low-budget and exploitation films.
-
C.
Elmer Winter
Elmer Winter was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Manpower Inc., one of the world’s largest staffing and workforce solutions companies.
-
D.
Elmer Harris
Elmer Harris is a creator known for his work associated with Belinda McDonald.
-
E.
Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his dynamic performances in pioneering gangster and crime dramas.
- 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_69d8839270588190886720d9519bbf8f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b214cebc81909de80e74b4bac5f8 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a012ec7a4a48190802061e5cd634ea3 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0130716ad08190a05ac03f60076b11 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0130dbe1f8819095b2d36882bf3287 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.