Triple
T2513815
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Bostonians |
E52761
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Basil Ransom
Basil Ransom is a conservative Mississippi lawyer and the central male protagonist in Henry James’s novel "The Bostonians," whose traditional views sharply contrast with the book’s feminist themes.
|
E275153
|
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: Basil Ransom | Statement: [The Bostonians, mainCharacter, Basil Ransom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil Ransom Context triple: [The Bostonians, mainCharacter, Basil Ransom]
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A.
Nathaniel Giles
Nathaniel Giles was an English composer and church musician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work with the Chapel Royal and involvement in early English theatre music.
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B.
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock was an American scientist and engineer best known as a co-founder of Technicolor, a pioneering company in color motion picture technology.
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C.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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D.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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E.
Basil March
Basil March is the central character in William Dean Howells's novel "A Hazard of New Fortunes," a reflective, middle-class editor whose experiences illuminate the social and cultural tensions of late 19th-century New York City.
- 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: Basil Ransom Triple: [The Bostonians, mainCharacter, Basil Ransom]
Generated description
Basil Ransom is a conservative Mississippi lawyer and the central male protagonist in Henry James’s novel "The Bostonians," whose traditional views sharply contrast with the book’s feminist themes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil Ransom Target entity description: Basil Ransom is a conservative Mississippi lawyer and the central male protagonist in Henry James’s novel "The Bostonians," whose traditional views sharply contrast with the book’s feminist themes.
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A.
Nathaniel Giles
Nathaniel Giles was an English composer and church musician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work with the Chapel Royal and involvement in early English theatre music.
-
B.
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock was an American scientist and engineer best known as a co-founder of Technicolor, a pioneering company in color motion picture technology.
-
C.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
-
D.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
-
E.
Basil March
Basil March is the central character in William Dean Howells's novel "A Hazard of New Fortunes," a reflective, middle-class editor whose experiences illuminate the social and cultural tensions of late 19th-century New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69ab4958e76481908a235377dd921c9e |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd20c8ab0819096d6a654039beb39 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af2b934d3c81909627a5f4d6e6ca6a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af4fd4f2a4819094b630cef9bfd8c4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af502a3c5c819087d3e5798db53c38 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.