Triple

T5102701
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Delicate Balance E115016 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Tobias
Tobias is a central character in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance," portrayed as an affluent, aging suburban patriarch grappling with emotional detachment, existential unease, and the fragility of his family relationships.
E494298 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: Tobias | Statement: [A Delicate Balance, character, Tobias]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobias
Context triple: [A Delicate Balance, character, Tobias]
  • A. Tobias
    Tobias was a Native American man from the 17th-century Wampanoag community, known primarily through his familial connection to the Sakonnet leader Awashonks.
  • B. Tobias
    Tobias is the virtuous young protagonist of the biblical Book of Tobit, known for his journey with the angel Raphael and the healing of his father’s blindness.
  • C. Tobias
    Tobias is the full given name of Toby Ziegler, the fictional White House Communications Director from the television series "The West Wing."
  • D. Tobias
    Tobias is a character from the novel "Watch Over Me," playing a significant role in the story's emotional and psychological development.
  • E. Tobias Vaughn
    Tobias Vaughn is a villainous industrialist and secret ally of the Cybermen in the Doctor Who serial "The Invasion."
  • 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: Tobias
Triple: [A Delicate Balance, character, Tobias]
Generated description
Tobias is a central character in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance," portrayed as an affluent, aging suburban patriarch grappling with emotional detachment, existential unease, and the fragility of his family relationships.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobias
Target entity description: Tobias is a central character in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance," portrayed as an affluent, aging suburban patriarch grappling with emotional detachment, existential unease, and the fragility of his family relationships.
  • A. Tobias
    Tobias was a Native American man from the 17th-century Wampanoag community, known primarily through his familial connection to the Sakonnet leader Awashonks.
  • B. Tobias
    Tobias is the virtuous young protagonist of the biblical Book of Tobit, known for his journey with the angel Raphael and the healing of his father’s blindness.
  • C. Tobias
    Tobias is the full given name of Toby Ziegler, the fictional White House Communications Director from the television series "The West Wing."
  • D. Tobias
    Tobias is a character from the novel "Watch Over Me," playing a significant role in the story's emotional and psychological development.
  • E. Tobias Vaughn
    Tobias Vaughn is a villainous industrialist and secret ally of the Cybermen in the Doctor Who serial "The Invasion."
  • 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_69bd4440b3348190be1251fd8b7951f1 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7586a4a08190866aea6be625837c completed March 20, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba9106ec8190839a7de183efa359 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebafeeca08190baa9344d8628f325 completed March 21, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc3ba76c8190a141ff7366a94f60 completed March 21, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m.