Triple
T3288422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone |
E69040
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Caleb Proudhammer
Caleb Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor who serves as the central protagonist and narrator in James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and identity are explored.
|
E343590
|
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: Caleb Proudhammer | Statement: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, hasCharacter, Caleb Proudhammer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caleb Proudhammer Context triple: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, hasCharacter, Caleb Proudhammer]
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A.
Caleb Brewster
Caleb Brewster was a real-life American Revolutionary War soldier and daring whaleboat captain who served as a key courier in George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring.
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B.
Caleb
Caleb is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "devotion" or "whole-hearted," commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Caleb Lyon
Caleb Lyon was a 19th-century American politician and designer best known for creating the Great Seal of the State of California.
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D.
Porter Black
Porter Black is the troubled protagonist of the film "The Beaver," whose struggle with severe depression leads him to communicate through a beaver hand puppet as an alternate personality.
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E.
Jared Spurgeon
Jared Spurgeon is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman in the NHL known for his smart two-way play and leadership with the Minnesota Wild.
- 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: Caleb Proudhammer Triple: [Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, hasCharacter, Caleb Proudhammer]
Generated description
Caleb Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor who serves as the central protagonist and narrator in James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and identity are explored.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caleb Proudhammer Target entity description: Caleb Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor who serves as the central protagonist and narrator in James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and identity are explored.
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A.
Caleb Brewster
Caleb Brewster was a real-life American Revolutionary War soldier and daring whaleboat captain who served as a key courier in George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring.
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B.
Caleb
Caleb is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "devotion" or "whole-hearted," commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Caleb Lyon
Caleb Lyon was a 19th-century American politician and designer best known for creating the Great Seal of the State of California.
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D.
Porter Black
Porter Black is the troubled protagonist of the film "The Beaver," whose struggle with severe depression leads him to communicate through a beaver hand puppet as an alternate personality.
-
E.
Jared Spurgeon
Jared Spurgeon is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman in the NHL known for his smart two-way play and leadership with the Minnesota Wild.
- 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_69ad859d45748190b0742408c954b39f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb058e00881908fdf0a23208860d4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e862835881909c2f3b8f86f10742 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2e8f6a7c48190bc457f348c3a7179 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2e986dcc88190bd3daa6c6fdcb50e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.