Triple
T19755402
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Confusion |
E474487
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Jack Shaftoe |
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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: Jack Shaftoe | Statement: [The Confusion, mainCharacter, Jack Shaftoe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Shaftoe Context triple: [The Confusion, mainCharacter, Jack Shaftoe]
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A.
Jack Shaftoe
chosen
Jack Shaftoe is a roguish 17th-century adventurer and antihero in Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, known for his daring exploits, wit, and morally ambiguous escapades across Europe and beyond.
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B.
Doug Shaftoe
Doug Shaftoe is a fictional former U.S. Marine and skilled underwater engineer and diver featured prominently in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
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C.
Sindbad Vail
Sindbad Vail is the son of art collector Peggy Guggenheim and her first husband, writer Laurence Vail.
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D.
Henry DeTamble
Henry DeTamble is a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to involuntarily travel through time, profoundly affecting his relationships and life in The Time Traveler's Wife.
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E.
Mr. Boncassen
Mr. Boncassen is a scholarly American gentleman in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, known as the learned and socially unpretentious father of Isabel Boncassen.
- 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6531afcbc8190bd5364700008f6d8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.