Triple

T1725266
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salem's Lot E37481 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Richard Straker
Richard Straker is a sinister antique dealer and human servant to the vampire Kurt Barlow in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot."
E230310 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: Richard Straker | Statement: [Salem's Lot, mainCharacter, Richard Straker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Straker
Context triple: [Salem's Lot, mainCharacter, Richard Straker]
  • A. Michael Foale
    Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
  • B. Stephen Travers
    Stephen Travers is an Irish musician best known as one of the surviving members of the Miami Showband after the 1975 loyalist paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
  • C. Frank Greystock
    Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
  • D. Christopher Benstead
    Christopher Benstead is a British composer and music editor known for his film scores and sound work on major movies, including collaborations with director Guy Ritchie.
  • E. John Stonehouse
    John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
  • 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: Richard Straker
Triple: [Salem's Lot, mainCharacter, Richard Straker]
Generated description
Richard Straker is a sinister antique dealer and human servant to the vampire Kurt Barlow in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Straker
Target entity description: Richard Straker is a sinister antique dealer and human servant to the vampire Kurt Barlow in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot."
  • A. Michael Foale
    Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
  • B. Stephen Travers
    Stephen Travers is an Irish musician best known as one of the surviving members of the Miami Showband after the 1975 loyalist paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
  • C. Frank Greystock
    Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
  • D. Christopher Benstead
    Christopher Benstead is a British composer and music editor known for his film scores and sound work on major movies, including collaborations with director Guy Ritchie.
  • E. John Stonehouse
    John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
  • 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_69a8861acab88190bb43cde203429399 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa635cad5481908e6c04a230d3b0bb completed March 6, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae26ee4c088190a767d71f1a68a734 completed March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae277895488190ae4a2337cf2ae915 completed March 9, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae27e7113081909835657bfff3f9e8 completed March 9, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.