Triple

T382239
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The English Patient E8704 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Katherine Clifton
Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
E141765 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: Katherine Clifton | Statement: [The English Patient, mainCharacter, Katherine Clifton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Clifton
Context triple: [The English Patient, mainCharacter, Katherine Clifton]
  • A. Katherine Hudson
    Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
  • B. Emily Carmichael
    Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
  • C. Katherine Rogers
    Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
  • D. Sarah Cloyce
    Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
  • E. Katherine Patrick
    Katherine Patrick is the daughter of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and has occasionally appeared in public alongside her politically prominent family.
  • 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: Katherine Clifton
Triple: [The English Patient, mainCharacter, Katherine Clifton]
Generated description
Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Clifton
Target entity description: Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
  • A. Katherine Hudson
    Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
  • B. Emily Carmichael
    Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
  • C. Katherine Rogers
    Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
  • D. Sarah Cloyce
    Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
  • E. Katherine Patrick
    Katherine Patrick is the daughter of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and has occasionally appeared in public alongside her politically prominent family.
  • 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec2e3d5c8190b358bd9fd6b16a14 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8f5d714c819093dfb8c3da35da4f completed March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8fd90ea88190b154bb7d72768dae completed March 7, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac90412d3881909278a9a6c6536ce3 completed March 7, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.