Triple
T17247433
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sense of an Ending |
E418663
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Tony Webster |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Tony Webster | Statement: [The Sense of an Ending, mainCharacter, Tony Webster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Webster Context triple: [The Sense of an Ending, mainCharacter, Tony Webster]
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A.
Anthony Wills
Anthony Wills is a whisky industry figure best known as the founder of Kilchoman, one of Islay’s newer farm-based Scotch whisky distilleries.
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B.
Tony Weller
Tony Weller is a humorous, plain-spoken London coachman and the father of Sam Weller in Charles Dickens's novel "The Pickwick Papers."
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C.
Frank Wead
Frank Wead was an American naval aviator-turned-screenwriter known for his aviation-themed stories and contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Tony Cottrell
Tony Cottrell, better known by his stage name Hi-Tek, is an American hip hop producer and DJ recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists like Talib Kweli and Mos Def.
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E.
Hal Barwood
Hal Barwood is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game designer best known for his work on films like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and for creating story-driven adventure games at LucasArts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Webster Target entity description: Tony Webster is the introspective, middle-aged narrator of Julian Barnes's novel "The Sense of an Ending," whose recollections and misremembered past drive the story’s exploration of memory and regret.
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A.
Anthony Wills
Anthony Wills is a whisky industry figure best known as the founder of Kilchoman, one of Islay’s newer farm-based Scotch whisky distilleries.
-
B.
Tony Weller
Tony Weller is a humorous, plain-spoken London coachman and the father of Sam Weller in Charles Dickens's novel "The Pickwick Papers."
-
C.
Frank Wead
Frank Wead was an American naval aviator-turned-screenwriter known for his aviation-themed stories and contributions to classic Hollywood films.
-
D.
Tony Cottrell
Tony Cottrell, better known by his stage name Hi-Tek, is an American hip hop producer and DJ recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists like Talib Kweli and Mos Def.
-
E.
Hal Barwood
Hal Barwood is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game designer best known for his work on films like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and for creating story-driven adventure games at LucasArts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42e24a4508190bbcc70c36b2b9c13 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.