Triple

T2903000
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject V. (novel) E62693 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Herbert Stencil
Herbert Stencil is a mysterious, obsessive researcher who hunts for clues about the enigmatic figure "V." across continents and decades in Thomas Pynchon's novel *V.*
E309698 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: Herbert Stencil | Statement: [V. (novel), hasMainCharacter, Herbert Stencil]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Stencil
Context triple: [V. (novel), hasMainCharacter, Herbert Stencil]
  • A. Harry Kurnitz
    Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • B. Sterling Clark
    Sterling Clark was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for founding the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
  • C. Gilbert Stork
    Gilbert Stork was a prominent 20th-century organic chemist renowned for pioneering methods in stereoselective synthesis and significantly advancing the field of synthetic organic chemistry.
  • D. Gustave Herter
    Gustave Herter was a prominent 19th-century German-born American cabinetmaker and interior designer known for his luxurious, highly detailed work for elite clients and landmark buildings in the United States.
  • E. Frank X. Leyendecker
    Frank X. Leyendecker was an American illustrator and commercial artist known for his magazine covers and advertising work in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Herbert Stencil
Triple: [V. (novel), hasMainCharacter, Herbert Stencil]
Generated description
Herbert Stencil is a mysterious, obsessive researcher who hunts for clues about the enigmatic figure "V." across continents and decades in Thomas Pynchon's novel *V.*
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Stencil
Target entity description: Herbert Stencil is a mysterious, obsessive researcher who hunts for clues about the enigmatic figure "V." across continents and decades in Thomas Pynchon's novel *V.*
  • A. Harry Kurnitz
    Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • B. Sterling Clark
    Sterling Clark was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for founding the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
  • C. Gilbert Stork
    Gilbert Stork was a prominent 20th-century organic chemist renowned for pioneering methods in stereoselective synthesis and significantly advancing the field of synthetic organic chemistry.
  • D. Gustave Herter
    Gustave Herter was a prominent 19th-century German-born American cabinetmaker and interior designer known for his luxurious, highly detailed work for elite clients and landmark buildings in the United States.
  • E. Frank X. Leyendecker
    Frank X. Leyendecker was an American illustrator and commercial artist known for his magazine covers and advertising work in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b3d20881908cd4f1b465b504af completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0560885688190b5bb51f40d555c4d completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0638095b48190b3d7afa5eeef3e7a completed March 10, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b063edf4ac8190bbcd430c8b584c95 completed March 10, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.