Triple

T2620648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Naked and the Dead E58999 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Private Red Valsen
Private Red Valsen is a central soldier character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," representing the experiences and struggles of American infantrymen in the Pacific theater.
E284087 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: Private Red Valsen | Statement: [The Naked and the Dead, hasMainCharacter, Private Red Valsen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Private Red Valsen
Context triple: [The Naked and the Dead, hasMainCharacter, Private Red Valsen]
  • A. Lieutenant Vernon
    Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  • B. Lieutenant Caro
    Lieutenant Caro is a supporting police officer character in the stage play "Between Riverside and Crazy," involved in the story’s exploration of justice, loyalty, and personal conflict.
  • C. Private James Francis Ryan
    Private James Francis Ryan is the fictional World War II paratrooper whose rescue mission drives the plot of the film "Saving Private Ryan."
  • D. Corporal Miller
    Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
  • E. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • 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: Private Red Valsen
Triple: [The Naked and the Dead, hasMainCharacter, Private Red Valsen]
Generated description
Private Red Valsen is a central soldier character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," representing the experiences and struggles of American infantrymen in the Pacific theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Private Red Valsen
Target entity description: Private Red Valsen is a central soldier character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," representing the experiences and struggles of American infantrymen in the Pacific theater.
  • A. Lieutenant Vernon
    Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  • B. Lieutenant Caro
    Lieutenant Caro is a supporting police officer character in the stage play "Between Riverside and Crazy," involved in the story’s exploration of justice, loyalty, and personal conflict.
  • C. Private James Francis Ryan
    Private James Francis Ryan is the fictional World War II paratrooper whose rescue mission drives the plot of the film "Saving Private Ryan."
  • D. Corporal Miller
    Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
  • E. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • 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_69ab4ac558388190962492cd2e1b0ce6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd897acb481909a976b70304cc30e completed March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af908ec0cc8190ab8feb8f237eac4b completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af91a3b4588190acfb360dac6e5ce0 completed March 10, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af920b7fcc8190b5a34c7c626a1c5d completed March 10, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.