Triple
T18297092
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Under the Volcano |
E438257
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entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
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FINISHED |
| Object | Geoffrey Firmin |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Geoffrey Firmin | Statement: [Under the Volcano, mainCharacter, Geoffrey Firmin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Firmin Context triple: [Under the Volcano, mainCharacter, Geoffrey Firmin]
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A.
Geoffrey Firmin
chosen
Geoffrey Firmin is a tormented, alcoholic former British consul in Mexico whose tragic psychological and moral decline forms the center of Malcolm Lowry’s novel "Under the Volcano."
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B.
Edward Le Brocq
Edward Le Brocq was a notable writer and columnist in the Norman language Jèrriais, recognized for his influential contributions to Jersey’s literary and cultural heritage.
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C.
Edward Le Brocq
Edward Le Brocq was a British-born Australian journalist and music critic best known for his long-running “Ariel” column in Melbourne’s The Argus newspaper in the early 20th century.
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D.
Laurence Garnier
Laurence Garnier is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the Loire-Atlantique commune of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire.
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E.
Jacques Lemercier
Jacques Lemercier was a prominent 17th-century French architect and engineer known for his work on major Parisian landmarks and for helping shape the architectural style of the early French Baroque.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5017c0f04819095cd9d59afc37caa |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.