Triple
T5109928
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
E115189
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Snout
Tom Snout is a minor comic character in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, a rustic tinker who plays the Wall in the craftsmen’s play-within-the-play.
|
E494617
|
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: Tom Snout | Statement: [A Midsummer Night's Dream, character, Tom Snout]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Snout Context triple: [A Midsummer Night's Dream, character, Tom Snout]
-
A.
Simon Dunsdon
Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
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B.
Nevil
Nevil is a given name and surname, typically considered a variant spelling of Nevill or Neville.
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C.
Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
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D.
Hob Gadling
Hob Gadling is an immortal man in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" who periodically meets Dream across the centuries, serving as a lens on human history, change, and friendship.
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E.
Billy Twillig
Billy Twillig is the precocious teenage mathematical prodigy who serves as the central figure in Don DeLillo’s experimental science-fiction novel "Ratner’s Star."
- 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: Tom Snout Triple: [A Midsummer Night's Dream, character, Tom Snout]
Generated description
Tom Snout is a minor comic character in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, a rustic tinker who plays the Wall in the craftsmen’s play-within-the-play.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Snout Target entity description: Tom Snout is a minor comic character in Shakespeare’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, a rustic tinker who plays the Wall in the craftsmen’s play-within-the-play.
-
A.
Simon Dunsdon
Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
-
B.
Nevil
Nevil is a given name and surname, typically considered a variant spelling of Nevill or Neville.
-
C.
Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
-
D.
Hob Gadling
Hob Gadling is an immortal man in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" who periodically meets Dream across the centuries, serving as a lens on human history, change, and friendship.
-
E.
Billy Twillig
Billy Twillig is the precocious teenage mathematical prodigy who serves as the central figure in Don DeLillo’s experimental science-fiction novel "Ratner’s Star."
- 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_69bd4441d1648190a54a533895041987 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd75ac19e88190aa8cc8b930a58d2d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bebaa322d08190911dd2ca91405c3c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bebbe7e8e081909814e97001f8cf89 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bebd33f25c8190a5d9b78ef71847e3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m.