Triple
T19582997
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Puppet Masters |
E490041
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Old Man |
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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: The Old Man | Statement: [The Puppet Masters, mainCharacter, The Old Man]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Man Context triple: [The Puppet Masters, mainCharacter, The Old Man]
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A.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a mysterious, possibly hallucinatory figure in Sam Shepard’s play "Fool for Love," who serves as a haunting embodiment of the characters’ fractured family past and buried guilt.
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B.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a central, enigmatic figure in August Strindberg’s play "The Ghost Sonata," embodying themes of guilt, decay, and hidden corruption within bourgeois society.
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C.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a thriller drama television series starring Jeff Bridges as a former CIA operative forced back into hiding and conflict when his past catches up with him.
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D.
The Old Man
The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
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E.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a character or section within the work "The Use of Ashes," likely serving as a central, reflective figure that contributes to the work’s thematic depth.
- 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: The Old Man Target entity description: The Old Man is the enigmatic, high-ranking intelligence official who leads the covert fight against alien invaders in Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "The Puppet Masters."
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A.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a mysterious, possibly hallucinatory figure in Sam Shepard’s play "Fool for Love," who serves as a haunting embodiment of the characters’ fractured family past and buried guilt.
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B.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a character or section within the work "The Use of Ashes," likely serving as a central, reflective figure that contributes to the work’s thematic depth.
-
C.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a thriller drama television series starring Jeff Bridges as a former CIA operative forced back into hiding and conflict when his past catches up with him.
-
D.
The Old Man
The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
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E.
The Old Man
The Old Man is a central, enigmatic figure in August Strindberg’s play "The Ghost Sonata," embodying themes of guilt, decay, and hidden corruption within bourgeois society.
- 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6404f34b081908aeb9cc9a5ddf539 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.