Triple
T2854996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Crying of Lot 49 |
E63178
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dr. Hilarius
Dr. Hilarius is a sinister, possibly deranged psychiatrist in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "The Crying of Lot 49," known for his unsettling experiments and darkly comic presence.
|
E305351
|
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. Hilarius | Statement: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, Dr. Hilarius]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Hilarius Context triple: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, Dr. Hilarius]
-
A.
Dr. Delmarre
Dr. Delmarre is a key character in Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "The Naked Sun," serving as a prominent roboticist whose death becomes the central mystery of the story.
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B.
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
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C.
Dr. John Freind
Dr. John Freind was an early 18th-century English physician and scholar known for his influential medical writings and his connections with leading literary and intellectual figures of his time.
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D.
Dr. Robinson
Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
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E.
Doctor Caius
Doctor Caius is a comically hot-tempered French physician in Shakespeare’s play "The Merry Wives of Windsor," known for his exaggerated accent and farcical attempts at courtship and dueling.
- 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. Hilarius Triple: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, Dr. Hilarius]
Generated description
Dr. Hilarius is a sinister, possibly deranged psychiatrist in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "The Crying of Lot 49," known for his unsettling experiments and darkly comic presence.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Hilarius Target entity description: Dr. Hilarius is a sinister, possibly deranged psychiatrist in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "The Crying of Lot 49," known for his unsettling experiments and darkly comic presence.
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A.
Dr. Delmarre
Dr. Delmarre is a key character in Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "The Naked Sun," serving as a prominent roboticist whose death becomes the central mystery of the story.
-
B.
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
-
C.
Dr. John Freind
Dr. John Freind was an early 18th-century English physician and scholar known for his influential medical writings and his connections with leading literary and intellectual figures of his time.
-
D.
Dr. Robinson
Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
-
E.
Doctor Caius
Doctor Caius is a comically hot-tempered French physician in Shakespeare’s play "The Merry Wives of Windsor," known for his exaggerated accent and farcical attempts at courtship and dueling.
- 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_69ab4c407c408190857d25e027155ce9 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdf60852c8190b66c8719c63a723e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b01d8774cc8190aa6ed40b26c4a568 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b01ea4e3a481909241383e2c4093d8 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b01f1a9ac48190b8d2b5247cb2c3d8 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.