Triple

T3213168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject East of Eden E67328 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Adam Trask
Adam Trask is a central, morally conflicted protagonist in John Steinbeck’s novel "East of Eden," whose life and family struggles mirror the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
E338042 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: Adam Trask | Statement: [East of Eden, mainCharacter, Adam Trask]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Trask
Context triple: [East of Eden, mainCharacter, Adam Trask]
  • A. Elias Pearce
    Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
  • B. James Stacy
    James Stacy was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1960s and 1970s TV series, including the Western "Lancer."
  • C. Jeremy Spenser
    Jeremy Spenser is a British actor best known for his film and stage work in the 1950s and 1960s, including notable roles in classic British cinema.
  • D. John Howland
    John Howland was an English colonist and Mayflower passenger who became a prominent early settler and leader in Plymouth Colony.
  • E. Tate Langdon
    Tate Langdon is a troubled, ghostly teenager and central antagonist in the first season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story.
  • 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: Adam Trask
Triple: [East of Eden, mainCharacter, Adam Trask]
Generated description
Adam Trask is a central, morally conflicted protagonist in John Steinbeck’s novel "East of Eden," whose life and family struggles mirror the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Trask
Target entity description: Adam Trask is a central, morally conflicted protagonist in John Steinbeck’s novel "East of Eden," whose life and family struggles mirror the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
  • A. Elias Pearce
    Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
  • B. James Stacy
    James Stacy was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1960s and 1970s TV series, including the Western "Lancer."
  • C. Jeremy Spenser
    Jeremy Spenser is a British actor best known for his film and stage work in the 1950s and 1960s, including notable roles in classic British cinema.
  • D. John Howland
    John Howland was an English colonist and Mayflower passenger who became a prominent early settler and leader in Plymouth Colony.
  • E. Tate Langdon
    Tate Langdon is a troubled, ghostly teenager and central antagonist in the first season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story.
  • 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_69ad858ac36c81909962589cd277d6e2 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaabba8e481909118d9f888ddcd63 completed March 8, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b26237211c81908cddc4e8d42e497e completed March 12, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b264c446088190a1651e108279c7ba completed March 12, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b265ef74d081908fe4dd4998dbf240 completed March 12, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.