Triple
T18902404
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Temeraire series |
E462367
|
entity |
| Predicate | protagonistHuman |
P20969
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Laurence |
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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: William Laurence | Statement: [Temeraire series, protagonistHuman, William Laurence]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Laurence Context triple: [Temeraire series, protagonistHuman, William Laurence]
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A.
William Laurence
chosen
William Laurence is a principled British naval captain turned dragon aviator who serves as the central human protagonist in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire fantasy series.
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B.
Lester Alvin Burnett
Lester Alvin Burnett, better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer, songwriter, and comic actor famed for his sidekick roles in Western films and early television.
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C.
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
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D.
William Everett Preston
William Everett Preston was an American musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his virtuoso keyboard work and collaborations with artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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E.
William Christopher
William Christopher was an American actor best known for playing the gentle and compassionate Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: protagonistHuman Context triple: [Temeraire series, protagonistHuman, William Laurence]
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A.
protagonistIs
Indicates that one entity serves as the main character or central figure in relation to another entity or narrative context.
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B.
protagonistType
chosen
Indicates the role or category that the main character (protagonist) of a story or scenario belongs to.
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C.
mainProtagonist
Indicates that the subject is the central character or primary focus in the narrative of the related work.
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D.
protagonistDefaultName
Indicates that an entity is the default or canonical name assigned to the protagonist in a given work or context.
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E.
protagonistDescription
Indicates that a text provides a descriptive summary or characterization of the story’s main protagonist.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69d8dcfd05bc819088903cca13cc2846 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5c52a4b4c8190b5821996e3c1741d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e4a2e27e1481908a8da10b28f07875 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:39 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.