Triple

T1799325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Foundation E39678 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Hober Mallow
Hober Mallow is a central character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, known as a shrewd merchant and political strategist who helps shape the early destiny of the Foundation.
E200989 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: Hober Mallow | Statement: [Foundation, mainCharacter, Hober Mallow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hober Mallow
Context triple: [Foundation, mainCharacter, Hober Mallow]
  • A. Jadagrace Berry
    Jadagrace Berry is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her early role in the science fiction film "Terminator Salvation."
  • B. Houbie
    Houbie is the main village on the Shetland island of Fetlar in Scotland.
  • C. Milo
    Milo is a popular chocolate and malt powdered drink brand produced by Nestlé and widely consumed around the world, especially by children and athletes.
  • D. Treacle Walker
    Treacle Walker is a 2021 fantasy novel by Alan Garner that blends folklore, time, and memory in a surreal, introspective narrative.
  • E. Malthace
    Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
  • 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: Hober Mallow
Triple: [Foundation, mainCharacter, Hober Mallow]
Generated description
Hober Mallow is a central character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, known as a shrewd merchant and political strategist who helps shape the early destiny of the Foundation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hober Mallow
Target entity description: Hober Mallow is a central character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, known as a shrewd merchant and political strategist who helps shape the early destiny of the Foundation.
  • A. Jadagrace Berry
    Jadagrace Berry is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her early role in the science fiction film "Terminator Salvation."
  • B. Houbie
    Houbie is the main village on the Shetland island of Fetlar in Scotland.
  • C. Milo
    Milo is a popular chocolate and malt powdered drink brand produced by Nestlé and widely consumed around the world, especially by children and athletes.
  • D. Treacle Walker
    Treacle Walker is a 2021 fantasy novel by Alan Garner that blends folklore, time, and memory in a surreal, introspective narrative.
  • E. Malthace
    Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6569b2e48190a56cf48160796d2e completed March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5d8da888190a88f3bd8036e19f4 completed March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb69c149081908b5b819c068a1ce2 completed March 8, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb8be528c819092a5e22b099fc2a0 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.