Triple
T19755013
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Diamond Age |
E474479
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Percival Hackworth |
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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: John Percival Hackworth | Statement: [The Diamond Age, mainCharacter, John Percival Hackworth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Percival Hackworth Context triple: [The Diamond Age, mainCharacter, John Percival Hackworth]
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A.
James Truchard
James Truchard is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of National Instruments, a company specializing in automated test and measurement systems.
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B.
Curtis Hixon
Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
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C.
Jim Hines
Jim Hines was an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist best known for being the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash.
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D.
Boyd Parham
Boyd Parham is a central character in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Crossing," depicted as a young cowboy whose journeys across the U.S.–Mexico border confront him with loss, violence, and existential uncertainty.
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E.
John Bryan Bowman
John Bryan Bowman was a 19th-century American educator and civic leader best known for establishing what would become the University of Kentucky.
- 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: John Percival Hackworth Target entity description: John Percival Hackworth is a neo-Victorian nanotech engineer in Neal Stephenson’s novel *The Diamond Age*, whose creation of an interactive primer for a young girl drives much of the story’s exploration of technology, class, and education.
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A.
James Truchard
James Truchard is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of National Instruments, a company specializing in automated test and measurement systems.
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B.
Curtis Hixon
Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
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C.
Jim Hines
Jim Hines was an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist best known for being the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash.
-
D.
Boyd Parham
Boyd Parham is a central character in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Crossing," depicted as a young cowboy whose journeys across the U.S.–Mexico border confront him with loss, violence, and existential uncertainty.
-
E.
John Bryan Bowman
John Bryan Bowman was a 19th-century American educator and civic leader best known for establishing what would become the University of Kentucky.
- 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6529dada081909c5b4d65247c6032 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.