Triple

T2674865
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Washington Square E56434 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Austin Sloper
Dr. Austin Sloper is a wealthy, sharp-tongued New York physician in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," known for his cold, ironic treatment of his daughter Catherine.
E289861 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: Dr. Austin Sloper | Statement: [Washington Square, mainCharacter, Dr. Austin Sloper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Austin Sloper
Context triple: [Washington Square, mainCharacter, Dr. Austin Sloper]
  • A. Catherine Sloper
    Catherine Sloper is the shy, plain, and emotionally vulnerable heiress at the center of Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose strained relationship with her domineering father shapes her tragic romantic fate.
  • B. Irene Lapham
    Irene Lapham is a central figure in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham," embodying the emotional and social complexities of a young woman in post–Civil War Boston society.
  • C. Phoebe Pyncheon
    Phoebe Pyncheon is a bright, kind-hearted young woman in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The House of the Seven Gables," whose warmth and optimism help redeem her troubled family’s dark legacy.
  • D. Henrietta Litchfield
    Henrietta Litchfield was an English editor and daughter of Charles Darwin, known for compiling and publishing her father's letters and biographical materials.
  • E. Victorine Haven Putnam
    Victorine Haven Putnam was the first wife of American publisher and explorer George Palmer Putnam, connected to the prominent Putnam publishing family.
  • 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: Dr. Austin Sloper
Triple: [Washington Square, mainCharacter, Dr. Austin Sloper]
Generated description
Dr. Austin Sloper is a wealthy, sharp-tongued New York physician in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," known for his cold, ironic treatment of his daughter Catherine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Austin Sloper
Target entity description: Dr. Austin Sloper is a wealthy, sharp-tongued New York physician in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," known for his cold, ironic treatment of his daughter Catherine.
  • A. Catherine Sloper
    Catherine Sloper is the shy, plain, and emotionally vulnerable heiress at the center of Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose strained relationship with her domineering father shapes her tragic romantic fate.
  • B. Irene Lapham
    Irene Lapham is a central figure in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham," embodying the emotional and social complexities of a young woman in post–Civil War Boston society.
  • C. Phoebe Pyncheon
    Phoebe Pyncheon is a bright, kind-hearted young woman in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The House of the Seven Gables," whose warmth and optimism help redeem her troubled family’s dark legacy.
  • D. Henrietta Litchfield
    Henrietta Litchfield was an English editor and daughter of Charles Darwin, known for compiling and publishing her father's letters and biographical materials.
  • E. Victorine Haven Putnam
    Victorine Haven Putnam was the first wife of American publisher and explorer George Palmer Putnam, connected to the prominent Putnam publishing family.
  • 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_69ab4a4b13fc81909dfdb3f23da46832 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9b228cc819097f045b4a51d8e7c completed March 7, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf54711881909936ecf850ff6e2e completed March 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb000ed448190a3d6db802eb88958 completed March 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb07e1d2c8190a8b8da3d3641b36c completed March 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.