Triple

T408365
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mostly Harmless E9431 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Tricia McMillan
Tricia McMillan, also known as Trillian, is a key human character in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, notable for her intelligence, adaptability, and role as a spacefaring adventurer.
 E51818 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: Tricia McMillan | Statement: [Mostly Harmless, mainCharacter, Tricia McMillan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tricia McMillan
Context triple: [Mostly Harmless, mainCharacter, Tricia McMillan]
  • A. Lynn Petra Alexander
    Lynn Petra Alexander is the birth name of Lynn Margulis, the influential American biologist best known for her work on the endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution.
  • B. Shannon Rubicam
    Shannon Rubicam is an American singer-songwriter best known as one half of the pop duo Boy Meets Girl and for co-writing major hits for Whitney Houston, including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
  • C. Victoria Riskin
    Victoria Riskin is an American television producer, screenwriter, and former psychologist, known for her work in film and TV as well as for being the daughter of actress Fay Wray and screenwriter Robert Riskin.
  • D. Leah Ashley
    Leah Ashley is a fashion and lifestyle expert best known as a co-host and style contributor on the daytime talk show FABLife.
  • E. Bernadine Harris
    Bernadine Harris is a central character in Terry McMillan’s novel and its film adaptation "Waiting to Exhale," known for her journey through divorce, self-discovery, and empowerment.
  • 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: Tricia McMillan
Triple: [Mostly Harmless, mainCharacter, Tricia McMillan]
Generated description
Tricia McMillan, also known as Trillian, is a key human character in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, notable for her intelligence, adaptability, and role as a spacefaring adventurer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tricia McMillan
Target entity description: Tricia McMillan, also known as Trillian, is a key human character in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, notable for her intelligence, adaptability, and role as a spacefaring adventurer.
  • A. Lynn Petra Alexander
    Lynn Petra Alexander is the birth name of Lynn Margulis, the influential American biologist best known for her work on the endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution.
  • B. Shannon Rubicam
    Shannon Rubicam is an American singer-songwriter best known as one half of the pop duo Boy Meets Girl and for co-writing major hits for Whitney Houston, including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
  • C. Victoria Riskin
    Victoria Riskin is an American television producer, screenwriter, and former psychologist, known for her work in film and TV as well as for being the daughter of actress Fay Wray and screenwriter Robert Riskin.
  • D. Leah Ashley
    Leah Ashley is a fashion and lifestyle expert best known as a co-host and style contributor on the daytime talk show FABLife.
  • E. Bernadine Harris
    Bernadine Harris is a central character in Terry McMillan’s novel and its film adaptation "Waiting to Exhale," known for her journey through divorce, self-discovery, and empowerment.
  • 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_69a2e80111fc8190961d5b7c6154123f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ecbf0650819080753815ca280eec completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4177659408190807396f029f3e4e6 completed March 1, 2026, 10:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a417d8d8ac8190b9e36238b7bd9132 completed March 1, 2026, 10:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4184c1b1c8190b728a2ef5cdc8346 completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.