Triple
T4422565
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Basil |
E95135
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Basil Zaharoff
Basil Zaharoff was a notorious early 20th-century international arms dealer and financier, often dubbed the "merchant of death" for his role in fueling conflicts through weapons sales.
|
E437302
|
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: Basil Zaharoff | Statement: [Basil, hasNotableBearer, Basil Zaharoff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil Zaharoff Context triple: [Basil, hasNotableBearer, Basil Zaharoff]
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A.
Hendrik Sartov
Hendrik Sartov was a cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era films, including collaborations with major directors and stars of the 1920s.
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B.
Victor Argo
Victor Argo was an American character actor known for his frequent collaborations with directors like Martin Scorsese and Abel Ferrara, often portraying tough, streetwise New Yorkers in crime and drama films.
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C.
Count Zaroff
Count Zaroff is the sophisticated yet sadistic Russian aristocrat and big-game hunter who notoriously stalks human prey on his isolated island in the 1932 film "The Most Dangerous Game."
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D.
Joseph Trumpeldor
Joseph Trumpeldor was a prominent early Zionist leader and war hero, celebrated for his pioneering role in Jewish self-defense and settlement in pre-state Israel.
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E.
Maximilian Voloshin
Maximilian Voloshin was a Russian poet, critic, and artist of the Silver Age, closely associated with the Crimean town of Koktebel and known for his symbolist verse and cultural salon.
- 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: Basil Zaharoff Triple: [Basil, hasNotableBearer, Basil Zaharoff]
Generated description
Basil Zaharoff was a notorious early 20th-century international arms dealer and financier, often dubbed the "merchant of death" for his role in fueling conflicts through weapons sales.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil Zaharoff Target entity description: Basil Zaharoff was a notorious early 20th-century international arms dealer and financier, often dubbed the "merchant of death" for his role in fueling conflicts through weapons sales.
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A.
Hendrik Sartov
Hendrik Sartov was a cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era films, including collaborations with major directors and stars of the 1920s.
-
B.
Victor Argo
Victor Argo was an American character actor known for his frequent collaborations with directors like Martin Scorsese and Abel Ferrara, often portraying tough, streetwise New Yorkers in crime and drama films.
-
C.
Count Zaroff
Count Zaroff is the sophisticated yet sadistic Russian aristocrat and big-game hunter who notoriously stalks human prey on his isolated island in the 1932 film "The Most Dangerous Game."
-
D.
Joseph Trumpeldor
Joseph Trumpeldor was a prominent early Zionist leader and war hero, celebrated for his pioneering role in Jewish self-defense and settlement in pre-state Israel.
-
E.
Maximilian Voloshin
Maximilian Voloshin was a Russian poet, critic, and artist of the Silver Age, closely associated with the Crimean town of Koktebel and known for his symbolist verse and cultural salon.
- 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3554a0e7c8190b704d00d07b1857d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5f62bbee48190bae8fc7b9cc29086 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5f6b132a88190950cde007375965a |
completed | March 15, 2026, midnight |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5f7794d7081909eb494c2119eaee7 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.