Triple
T4307964
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Human Comedy |
E94001
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marcus Macauley
Marcus Macauley is the young protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," through whose experiences the story explores themes of family, loss, and coming of age in small-town America during World War II.
|
E430899
|
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: Marcus Macauley | Statement: [The Human Comedy, mainCharacter, Marcus Macauley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Macauley Context triple: [The Human Comedy, mainCharacter, Marcus Macauley]
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A.
James Lewis Macie
James Lewis Macie, better known as James Smithson, was the British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest founded the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
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B.
Ulysses Macauley
Ulysses Macauley is a young boy in William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," symbolizing innocence and hope amid the hardships of World War II–era small-town America.
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C.
Zachary Macaulay
Zachary Macaulay was a British colonial administrator, prominent abolitionist, and key member of the evangelical reform movement that campaigned against the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Adam MacDougall
Adam MacDougall is a former Australian rugby league footballer best known as a powerful centre and winger who represented both New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level.
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E.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
- 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: Marcus Macauley Triple: [The Human Comedy, mainCharacter, Marcus Macauley]
Generated description
Marcus Macauley is the young protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," through whose experiences the story explores themes of family, loss, and coming of age in small-town America during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Macauley Target entity description: Marcus Macauley is the young protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," through whose experiences the story explores themes of family, loss, and coming of age in small-town America during World War II.
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A.
James Lewis Macie
James Lewis Macie, better known as James Smithson, was the British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest founded the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
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B.
Ulysses Macauley
Ulysses Macauley is a young boy in William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," symbolizing innocence and hope amid the hardships of World War II–era small-town America.
-
C.
Zachary Macaulay
Zachary Macaulay was a British colonial administrator, prominent abolitionist, and key member of the evangelical reform movement that campaigned against the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
D.
Adam MacDougall
Adam MacDougall is a former Australian rugby league footballer best known as a powerful centre and winger who represented both New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level.
-
E.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
- 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_69b5d07aede08190bbabc6a7b5a7dfb6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5d1710864819085834d7bd8727876 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5d1dc0d0881908563c79823a8113f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.