Triple
T5109974
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Merchant of Venice |
E115190
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shylock |
E120816
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Shylock | Statement: [The Merchant of Venice, mainCharacter, Shylock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shylock Context triple: [The Merchant of Venice, mainCharacter, Shylock]
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A.
Shylock
chosen
Shylock is the complex Jewish moneylender and central antagonist-turned-sympathetic figure in William Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice."
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B.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespearean play that blends romantic comedy with intense drama, best known for the character Shylock and its exploration of mercy, justice, and prejudice.
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C.
Antonio
Antonio is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking cultures.
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D.
The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta is a darkly comic Elizabethan play by Christopher Marlowe that explores religious hypocrisy, greed, and revenge through the story of the wealthy Jewish merchant Barabas in Malta.
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E.
Polly Peachum
Polly Peachum is a central heroine of John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known for her romantic involvement with the highwayman Macheath and her role in satirizing contemporary society.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m.