Triple

T3884057
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bus Stop E92895 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Virgil Blessing
Virgil Blessing is a character in William Inge’s play "Bus Stop," serving as a middle-aged ranch foreman who provides a grounded, paternal presence amid the romantic and emotional turmoil of the story.
E394417 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: Virgil Blessing | Statement: [Bus Stop, character, Virgil Blessing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Blessing
Context triple: [Bus Stop, character, Virgil Blessing]
  • A. Cecil Purdy
    Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
  • B. Robert Vaught
    Robert Vaught was an American logician and mathematician known for his influential work in model theory and mathematical logic.
  • C. Stedman Graham
    Stedman Graham is an American educator, author, businessman, and public speaker best known for his long-term relationship with media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
  • D. Virgil McCracken
    Virgil McCracken was an early American figure after whom McCracken County in Kentucky was named, likely recognized for his regional or military significance.
  • E. Paul Engle
    Paul Engle was an American poet, editor, and influential educator best known for transforming the Iowa Writers' Workshop into a leading center for creative writing.
  • 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: Virgil Blessing
Triple: [Bus Stop, character, Virgil Blessing]
Generated description
Virgil Blessing is a character in William Inge’s play "Bus Stop," serving as a middle-aged ranch foreman who provides a grounded, paternal presence amid the romantic and emotional turmoil of the story.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Blessing
Target entity description: Virgil Blessing is a character in William Inge’s play "Bus Stop," serving as a middle-aged ranch foreman who provides a grounded, paternal presence amid the romantic and emotional turmoil of the story.
  • A. Cecil Purdy
    Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
  • B. Robert Vaught
    Robert Vaught was an American logician and mathematician known for his influential work in model theory and mathematical logic.
  • C. Stedman Graham
    Stedman Graham is an American educator, author, businessman, and public speaker best known for his long-term relationship with media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
  • D. Virgil McCracken
    Virgil McCracken was an early American figure after whom McCracken County in Kentucky was named, likely recognized for his regional or military significance.
  • E. Paul Engle
    Paul Engle was an American poet, editor, and influential educator best known for transforming the Iowa Writers' Workshop into a leading center for creative writing.
  • 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_69aed9697de0819087c2559295ff3d12 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec9029908190a7b36a3827734db1 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5125bee048190ba7553797e9fd254 completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b512e3721c8190accd26499191c153 completed March 14, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b513618b888190acda94dcc91d24d2 completed March 14, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.