Triple

T18488454

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Fifth Business	`E451751`	entity
Predicate	mainCharacter	`P1183`	FINISHED
Object	Paul Dempster	`—`	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: Paul Dempster | Statement: [Fifth Business, mainCharacter, Paul Dempster]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paul Dempster
Context triple: [Fifth Business, mainCharacter, Paul Dempster]

A. Robert Dempster
Robert Dempster is the child of Edith Pretty, the English landowner best known for initiating the Sutton Hoo archaeological excavation.
B. Bill Cayton
Bill Cayton was an American boxing manager and promoter best known for co-managing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson during the early part of his professional career.
C. Paul Ross
Paul Ross is a British television and radio presenter known for his work on various UK talk and game shows and for being the brother of broadcaster Jonathan Ross.
D. Michael Colleary
Michael Colleary is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the action film "Face/Off" and working on various Hollywood genre movies and television projects.
E. John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
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: Paul Dempster
Target entity description: Paul Dempster is a central character in Robertson Davies' novel "Fifth Business," whose unusual birth, troubled upbringing, and later transformation into the illusionist Magnus Eisengrim profoundly shape the story’s exploration of guilt, identity, and destiny.

A. Robert Dempster
Robert Dempster is the child of Edith Pretty, the English landowner best known for initiating the Sutton Hoo archaeological excavation.
B. Bill Cayton
Bill Cayton was an American boxing manager and promoter best known for co-managing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson during the early part of his professional career.
C. Paul Ross
Paul Ross is a British television and radio presenter known for his work on various UK talk and game shows and for being the brother of broadcaster Jonathan Ross.
D. Michael Colleary
Michael Colleary is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the action film "Face/Off" and working on various Hollywood genre movies and television projects.
E. John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9`	completed	April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e531d8bac4819099306abbf78b9565`	completed	April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.