Triple
T2250453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smiley’s People |
E49603
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresOrganization |
P629
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
The Circus is the codename for the British Secret Intelligence Service in John le Carré’s spy novels, serving as the central setting for much of George Smiley’s espionage work.
|
E17914
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Circus (fictional British intelligence service) | Statement: [Smiley’s People, featuresOrganization, Circus (fictional British intelligence service)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Circus (fictional British intelligence service) Context triple: [Smiley’s People, featuresOrganization, Circus (fictional British intelligence service)]
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A.
Security Service (MI5)
The Security Service (MI5) is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency responsible for protecting national security against threats such as terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks.
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B.
Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, is the United Kingdom’s foreign intelligence agency responsible for gathering and analyzing overseas information to support national security and government policy.
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C.
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive was a secret British World War II organization responsible for conducting espionage, sabotage, and supporting resistance movements in enemy-occupied territories.
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D.
Secret Intelligence Branch
The Secret Intelligence Branch was the espionage arm of the World War II-era U.S. Office of Strategic Services, responsible for collecting and analyzing covert intelligence behind enemy lines.
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E.
Central Intelligence Group
The Central Intelligence Group was the short-lived U.S. post–World War II intelligence agency that served as the direct predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Circus (fictional British intelligence service) Triple: [Smiley’s People, featuresOrganization, Circus (fictional British intelligence service)]
Generated description
The Circus is the codename for the British Secret Intelligence Service in John le Carré’s spy novels, serving as the central setting for much of George Smiley’s espionage work.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Circus (fictional British intelligence service) Target entity description: The Circus is the codename for the British Secret Intelligence Service in John le Carré’s spy novels, serving as the central setting for much of George Smiley’s espionage work.
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A.
Security Service (MI5)
The Security Service (MI5) is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency responsible for protecting national security against threats such as terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks.
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B.
Secret Intelligence Service
chosen
The Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, is the United Kingdom’s foreign intelligence agency responsible for gathering and analyzing overseas information to support national security and government policy.
-
C.
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive was a secret British World War II organization responsible for conducting espionage, sabotage, and supporting resistance movements in enemy-occupied territories.
-
D.
Secret Intelligence Branch
The Secret Intelligence Branch was the espionage arm of the World War II-era U.S. Office of Strategic Services, responsible for collecting and analyzing covert intelligence behind enemy lines.
-
E.
Central Intelligence Group
The Central Intelligence Group was the short-lived U.S. post–World War II intelligence agency that served as the direct predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (5 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc11b61888190af3b11b87dc8e0dc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b1948cc8190921b9fcc12c28db0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6b748cfc8190903590abf822d71d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6be54c84819085753fa6d59e655c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.