Triple

T2605026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Dickens E58638 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Tobias Smollett
Tobias Smollett was an 18th-century Scottish novelist, satirist, and physician best known for his picaresque novels and sharp social commentary.
E283927 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: Tobias Smollett | Statement: [Charles Dickens, influencedBy, Tobias Smollett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobias Smollett
Context triple: [Charles Dickens, influencedBy, Tobias Smollett]
  • A. Henry Fielding
    Henry Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist and dramatist best known for his satirical works such as "Tom Jones," which helped shape the development of the modern novel.
  • B. William Carleton
    William Carleton was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose significant financial support led to the renaming of Carleton College in his honor.
  • C. Robert Surtees
    Robert Surtees was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his richly photographed Hollywood classics and multiple Academy Award-winning work.
  • D. Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
    Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens was a British naval officer and the son of famed novelist Charles Dickens.
  • E. Henry Sharp
    Henry Sharp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous early 20th-century films, including the adventure drama "The Iron Mask."
  • 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: Tobias Smollett
Triple: [Charles Dickens, influencedBy, Tobias Smollett]
Generated description
Tobias Smollett was an 18th-century Scottish novelist, satirist, and physician best known for his picaresque novels and sharp social commentary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobias Smollett
Target entity description: Tobias Smollett was an 18th-century Scottish novelist, satirist, and physician best known for his picaresque novels and sharp social commentary.
  • A. Henry Fielding
    Henry Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist and dramatist best known for his satirical works such as "Tom Jones," which helped shape the development of the modern novel.
  • B. William Carleton
    William Carleton was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose significant financial support led to the renaming of Carleton College in his honor.
  • C. Robert Surtees
    Robert Surtees was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his richly photographed Hollywood classics and multiple Academy Award-winning work.
  • D. Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
    Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens was a British naval officer and the son of famed novelist Charles Dickens.
  • E. Henry Sharp
    Henry Sharp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous early 20th-century films, including the adventure drama "The Iron Mask."
  • 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_69ab4ac3523881909679750c9f8c2dec completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd864958c8190b3ad6123f1ac78ca completed March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af907ebc348190b1556a2104cba6f1 completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af90f63dac8190b3282b5029d22fab completed March 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af918e7b50819082f37f9cdb3271a2 completed March 10, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.