Triple
T20853023
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In the Days of the Comet |
E513409
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Leadford |
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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 Leadford | Statement: [In the Days of the Comet, hasMainCharacter, William Leadford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Leadford Context triple: [In the Days of the Comet, hasMainCharacter, William Leadford]
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A.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
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B.
Elihu Doty
Elihu Doty was a 19th-century American missionary and linguist known for his pioneering role in developing and promoting the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Southern Min (Hokkien) Chinese.
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C.
Wilbur Bascomb
Wilbur Bascomb is an American jazz and funk bassist known for his work as a session musician and collaborations with prominent artists in the 1970s and beyond.
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D.
William Beecher
William Beecher was a member of the prominent 19th-century Beecher family, known for its influential religious and social reform figures in American history.
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E.
J. A. Somerby
J. A. Somerby was an American settler and town founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
- 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: William Leadford Target entity description: William Leadford is the protagonist of H. G. Wells’s science fiction novel "In the Days of the Comet," through whose experiences the story’s social and cosmic transformations are explored.
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A.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
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B.
Elihu Doty
Elihu Doty was a 19th-century American missionary and linguist known for his pioneering role in developing and promoting the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Southern Min (Hokkien) Chinese.
-
C.
Wilbur Bascomb
Wilbur Bascomb is an American jazz and funk bassist known for his work as a session musician and collaborations with prominent artists in the 1970s and beyond.
-
D.
William Beecher
William Beecher was a member of the prominent 19th-century Beecher family, known for its influential religious and social reform figures in American history.
-
E.
J. A. Somerby
J. A. Somerby was an American settler and town founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
- 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_69e0b4f4898081908209e58edb8f9c45 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c3a4df5c8190aa0e7684ad6fc9f2 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m.