Triple
T20661471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Needful Things |
E507768
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAntagonist |
P18963
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Leland Gaunt |
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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: Leland Gaunt | Statement: [Needful Things, hasAntagonist, Leland Gaunt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leland Gaunt Context triple: [Needful Things, hasAntagonist, Leland Gaunt]
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A.
Leland Gaunt
chosen
Leland Gaunt is the enigmatic and malevolent shopkeeper in Stephen King’s novel "Needful Things," who manipulates the desires and weaknesses of a small town’s residents for sinister ends.
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B.
Griffith Gaunt
Griffith Gaunt is a Victorian-era sensation novel by Charles Reade, known for its intricate plot of bigamy, jealousy, and mistaken identity.
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C.
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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D.
Zacharias Underhill
Zacharias Underhill is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Underhill.
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E.
Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne is a British actor best known for his role as Detective Quentin Lance on the television series "Arrow."
- 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6b2f2ee4081908df9ba897c9dfc98 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.