Triple
T4457826
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity |
E97772
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrays |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person
Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person is a compassionate, thoughtful man whose inner dignity and emotional depth contrast sharply with the physical deformities for which he was historically known.
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E442163
|
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: Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person | Statement: [The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity, portrays, Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person Context triple: [The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity, portrays, Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person]
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A.
Charly (Flowers for Algernon)
Charly (Flowers for Algernon) is a 1968 science fiction drama film adaptation of Daniel Keyes's story "Flowers for Algernon," following a man with intellectual disabilities who undergoes an experimental procedure to increase his intelligence.
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B.
Mary (Polly) Prince
Mary (Polly) Prince was the wife of American mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch, known primarily through her association with his life and work in early 19th-century New England.
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C.
Narcissa Benbow
Narcissa Benbow is a character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County fiction, notably appearing in the novel "Sartoris" as a member of the Southern Benbow family.
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D.
Mary Eyre
Mary Eyre is a notable individual who shares the surname Eyre, which is associated with various historically significant figures.
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E.
Laura Bridgman
Laura Bridgman was a pioneering 19th-century American deafblind woman who became the first such person to receive a significant formal education and gain widespread public attention.
- 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: Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person Triple: [The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity, portrays, Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person]
Generated description
Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person is a compassionate, thoughtful man whose inner dignity and emotional depth contrast sharply with the physical deformities for which he was historically known.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person Target entity description: Joseph Merrick as a sensitive and intelligent person is a compassionate, thoughtful man whose inner dignity and emotional depth contrast sharply with the physical deformities for which he was historically known.
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A.
Charly (Flowers for Algernon)
Charly (Flowers for Algernon) is a 1968 science fiction drama film adaptation of Daniel Keyes's story "Flowers for Algernon," following a man with intellectual disabilities who undergoes an experimental procedure to increase his intelligence.
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B.
Mary (Polly) Prince
Mary (Polly) Prince was the wife of American mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch, known primarily through her association with his life and work in early 19th-century New England.
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C.
Narcissa Benbow
Narcissa Benbow is a character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County fiction, notably appearing in the novel "Sartoris" as a member of the Southern Benbow family.
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D.
Mary Eyre
Mary Eyre is a notable individual who shares the surname Eyre, which is associated with various historically significant figures.
-
E.
Laura Bridgman
Laura Bridgman was a pioneering 19th-century American deafblind woman who became the first such person to receive a significant formal education and gain widespread public attention.
- 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_69b3454777808190b78aa9047ba1f018 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3564485688190a0d49fdccf8724be |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6282ea6308190b726a9f8176d4d1b |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b6295218e88190a48e8bfeb2febe2e |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b62b05bcec8190a0c8d1c0e5a62c75 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.