Triple

T3000010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thus Spoke Zarathustra E81161 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object the last man
The last man is a symbolic figure in Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" representing a complacent, comfort-seeking, and spiritually stagnant human type that contrasts with the striving, self-overcoming ideal of the Übermensch.
E318806 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: the last man | Statement: [Thus Spoke Zarathustra, hasCharacter, the last man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the last man
Context triple: [Thus Spoke Zarathustra, hasCharacter, the last man]
  • A. Y: The Last Man
    Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series (and later TV adaptation) about the lone surviving man and his monkey after a mysterious event wipes out every other male mammal on Earth.
  • B. The Last Man
    The Last Man is a pioneering 1826 science fiction novel by Mary Shelley that portrays a future world devastated by plague and explores themes of isolation, loss, and the end of humanity.
  • C. Last to Die
    Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
  • D. Last Rites
    Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
  • E. Das letzte Jahr
    Das letzte Jahr is a work by German writer and actress Erika Mann, known for its reflection of the political and personal upheavals surrounding exile and the rise of Nazism.
  • 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: the last man
Triple: [Thus Spoke Zarathustra, hasCharacter, the last man]
Generated description
The last man is a symbolic figure in Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" representing a complacent, comfort-seeking, and spiritually stagnant human type that contrasts with the striving, self-overcoming ideal of the Übermensch.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the last man
Target entity description: The last man is a symbolic figure in Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" representing a complacent, comfort-seeking, and spiritually stagnant human type that contrasts with the striving, self-overcoming ideal of the Übermensch.
  • A. Y: The Last Man
    Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series (and later TV adaptation) about the lone surviving man and his monkey after a mysterious event wipes out every other male mammal on Earth.
  • B. The Last Man
    The Last Man is a pioneering 1826 science fiction novel by Mary Shelley that portrays a future world devastated by plague and explores themes of isolation, loss, and the end of humanity.
  • C. Last to Die
    Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
  • D. Last Rites
    Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
  • E. Das letzte Jahr
    Das letzte Jahr is a work by German writer and actress Erika Mann, known for its reflection of the political and personal upheavals surrounding exile and the rise of Nazism.
  • 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f8eb248190b50fd539a06a5a62 completed March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e4b54188190bf900bf10061a57a completed March 11, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b12f188c7c81908d1d575252dc4bda completed March 11, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1c9bccb3081909e6869b5cba68117 completed March 11, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.