Triple

T4978838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Death of the Hired Man E111832 entity
Predicate mainCharacters P9202 FINISHED
Object Silas
Silas is the aging, itinerant farmhand whose return and decline drive the emotional and moral core of Robert Frost’s narrative poem "The Death of the Hired Man."
 E485267 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: Silas | Statement: [The Death of the Hired Man, mainCharacters, Silas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Silas
Context triple: [The Death of the Hired Man, mainCharacters, Silas]
  • A. Silas
    Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
  • B. Silas
    Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
  • C. Silas Stone
    Silas Stone is a scientist in DC Comics, best known as the father of Victor Stone (Cyborg) and a supporting character in Justice League stories.
  • D. Mordaunt
    Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
  • E. Giles
    Giles is the given name of Lytton Strachey, the influential English writer and critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
  • 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: Silas
Triple: [The Death of the Hired Man, mainCharacters, Silas]
Generated description
Silas is the aging, itinerant farmhand whose return and decline drive the emotional and moral core of Robert Frost’s narrative poem "The Death of the Hired Man."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Silas
Target entity description: Silas is the aging, itinerant farmhand whose return and decline drive the emotional and moral core of Robert Frost’s narrative poem "The Death of the Hired Man."
  • A. Silas
    Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
  • B. Silas
    Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
  • C. Silas Stone
    Silas Stone is a scientist in DC Comics, best known as the father of Victor Stone (Cyborg) and a supporting character in Justice League stories.
  • D. Mordaunt
    Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
  • E. Giles
    Giles is the given name of Lytton Strachey, the influential English writer and critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
  • 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_69bd441adc208190b70a033a0741d01e completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd723418e881908f1e43b1be0a2f17 completed March 20, 2026, 4:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be8a0ac8d48190b9d050e26b67a794 completed March 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be8d747c40819098ac5d475d60ab46 completed March 21, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be8df7ab9c8190b1af6e32f0f33b30 completed March 21, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:33 p.m.