Triple
T3456612
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
E72918
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object | George Smiley |
E48068
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: George Smiley | Statement: [The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, featuresCharacter, George Smiley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Smiley Context triple: [The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, featuresCharacter, George Smiley]
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A.
George Smiley
chosen
George Smiley is a quiet, brilliant British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s spy novels, known for his understated demeanor, moral complexity, and skill at uncovering traitors within the secret service.
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B.
Alec Leamas
Alec Leamas is a jaded British intelligence officer whose morally complex mission at the height of the Cold War drives the plot of John le Carré’s novel "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."
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C.
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre is a notorious villain in the James Bond universe, best known as the primary antagonist and high-stakes gambler in Ian Fleming’s novel and its film adaptations.
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D.
Francis Bond Head
Francis Bond Head was a 19th-century British colonial administrator best known for his controversial role in governing Upper Canada during the period leading up to the Rebellions of 1837.
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E.
Christopher Foyle
Christopher Foyle is the principled, quietly determined British detective at the heart of the World War II-era crime drama series "Foyle's War."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad85b12a908190a1d10a6b03b4f8ae |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbaa9837c8190aafd618c6af3446e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b367ff05a08190a0c4df5ebfb9741d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.