Triple

T2854998
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Crying of Lot 49 E63178 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object John Nefastis
John Nefastis is a reclusive, eccentric engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, obsessed with a perpetual-motion-like device based on Maxwell’s Demon.
E304950 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: John Nefastis | Statement: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, John Nefastis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Nefastis
Context triple: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, John Nefastis]
  • A. Nikolaos
    Nikolaos is a common Greek male given name with deep historical and religious roots, most famously borne by Saint Nicholas.
  • B. Sifakis
    Sifakis is a Greek surname most notably associated with Joseph Sifakis, a pioneering computer scientist and Turing Award laureate recognized for his work in model checking.
  • C. Stelios
    Stelios is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a diminutive of Stylianos.
  • D. Nyssa Damaskinos
    Nyssa Damaskinos is a vampire princess and skilled warrior who allies with Blade in the film "Blade II" to combat a deadly new breed of vampires.
  • E. Nikephoros Basilakes
    Nikephoros Basilakes was a 12th-century Byzantine scholar and writer known for his sophisticated rhetorical works and contributions to Byzantine literature.
  • 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: John Nefastis
Triple: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, John Nefastis]
Generated description
John Nefastis is a reclusive, eccentric engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, obsessed with a perpetual-motion-like device based on Maxwell’s Demon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Nefastis
Target entity description: John Nefastis is a reclusive, eccentric engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, obsessed with a perpetual-motion-like device based on Maxwell’s Demon.
  • A. Nikolaos
    Nikolaos is a common Greek male given name with deep historical and religious roots, most famously borne by Saint Nicholas.
  • B. Sifakis
    Sifakis is a Greek surname most notably associated with Joseph Sifakis, a pioneering computer scientist and Turing Award laureate recognized for his work in model checking.
  • C. Stelios
    Stelios is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a diminutive of Stylianos.
  • D. Nyssa Damaskinos
    Nyssa Damaskinos is a vampire princess and skilled warrior who allies with Blade in the film "Blade II" to combat a deadly new breed of vampires.
  • E. Nikephoros Basilakes
    Nikephoros Basilakes was a 12th-century Byzantine scholar and writer known for his sophisticated rhetorical works and contributions to Byzantine literature.
  • 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_69b01d8d0eec8190b0b29407264fb2bd completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b020869d7c81909d9a00cc43f0ed7d completed March 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b02122270c8190a063f09acefcbb18 completed March 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.