Triple
T3884276
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The 39 Steps |
E92900
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Hannay
Richard Hannay is the resourceful gentleman-hero and amateur spy who becomes entangled in international intrigue in John Buchan’s classic adventure novel "The 39 Steps."
|
E394447
|
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: Richard Hannay | Statement: [The 39 Steps, mainCharacter, Richard Hannay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Hannay Context triple: [The 39 Steps, mainCharacter, Richard Hannay]
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A.
George Malko
George Malko is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s political thriller "The Dogs of War."
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B.
Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a hard-boiled private detective and the iconic protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," widely regarded as a defining figure in American noir fiction.
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C.
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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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Thackery Binx
Thackery Binx is a bewitched 17th-century boy cursed to live forever as a talking black cat in the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus."
- 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: Richard Hannay Triple: [The 39 Steps, mainCharacter, Richard Hannay]
Generated description
Richard Hannay is the resourceful gentleman-hero and amateur spy who becomes entangled in international intrigue in John Buchan’s classic adventure novel "The 39 Steps."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Hannay Target entity description: Richard Hannay is the resourceful gentleman-hero and amateur spy who becomes entangled in international intrigue in John Buchan’s classic adventure novel "The 39 Steps."
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A.
George Malko
George Malko is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s political thriller "The Dogs of War."
-
B.
Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a hard-boiled private detective and the iconic protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," widely regarded as a defining figure in American noir fiction.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
-
E.
Thackery Binx
Thackery Binx is a bewitched 17th-century boy cursed to live forever as a talking black cat in the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus."
- 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.