Triple
T4307960
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Human Comedy |
E94001
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Homer Macauley
Homer Macauley is the teenage telegraph messenger protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," whose experiences reflect small-town American life during World War II.
|
E435332
|
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: Homer Macauley | Statement: [The Human Comedy, mainCharacter, Homer Macauley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Macauley Context triple: [The Human Comedy, mainCharacter, Homer Macauley]
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A.
Horace Cleveland
Horace Cleveland was a prominent 19th-century American landscape architect known for designing parks, cemeteries, and urban green spaces across the United States.
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B.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
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C.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
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D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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E.
Edgar Bethune Ward
Edgar Bethune Ward was the husband of American actress Jane Wyatt, known primarily for his long marriage to her rather than for a public career of his own.
- 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: Homer Macauley Triple: [The Human Comedy, mainCharacter, Homer Macauley]
Generated description
Homer Macauley is the teenage telegraph messenger protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," whose experiences reflect small-town American life during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Macauley Target entity description: Homer Macauley is the teenage telegraph messenger protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," whose experiences reflect small-town American life during World War II.
-
A.
Horace Cleveland
Horace Cleveland was a prominent 19th-century American landscape architect known for designing parks, cemeteries, and urban green spaces across the United States.
-
B.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
-
C.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
-
D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
-
E.
Edgar Bethune Ward
Edgar Bethune Ward was the husband of American actress Jane Wyatt, known primarily for his long marriage to her rather than for a public career of his own.
- 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_69b3451886588190a3dd1305ea7c58dc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b350d2af088190ad7cb035d6e0f8c2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e4ebb3808190a4be632e36140648 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e5e96aac819093c43dc355de4509 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e6587be88190884f61a7350ce5a9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.