Triple
T5342458
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | House of Sand and Fog |
E123974
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani
Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani is a proud former Iranian military officer struggling to rebuild his status and provide for his family in the United States, whose rigid honor and desperation drive the central tragedy of the story.
|
E512513
|
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: Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani | Statement: [House of Sand and Fog, mainCharacter, Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani Context triple: [House of Sand and Fog, mainCharacter, Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani]
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A.
Sattar Hashemi
Sattar Hashemi is an Iranian professional known as a notable alumnus of Sharif University of Technology, one of Iran’s leading engineering and science institutions.
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B.
Nematollah Nassiri
Nematollah Nassiri was an Iranian general who served as a powerful and controversial head of the Shah’s secret police during the Pahlavi era.
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C.
Ebrahim Afshar
Ebrahim Afshar was a short-reigning 18th-century Persian monarch of the Afsharid dynasty who briefly succeeded Nader Shah during a turbulent period in Iran’s history.
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D.
Mohammad Beheshti
Mohammad Beheshti was an influential Iranian cleric, jurist, and revolutionary leader who played a key role in shaping the Islamic Republic’s political and legal system before his assassination in 1981.
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E.
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Sirajuddin Haqqani is a senior Afghan militant leader who heads the Haqqani network and serves as a key figure within the Taliban’s leadership.
- 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: Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani Triple: [House of Sand and Fog, mainCharacter, Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani]
Generated description
Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani is a proud former Iranian military officer struggling to rebuild his status and provide for his family in the United States, whose rigid honor and desperation drive the central tragedy of the story.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani Target entity description: Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani is a proud former Iranian military officer struggling to rebuild his status and provide for his family in the United States, whose rigid honor and desperation drive the central tragedy of the story.
-
A.
Sattar Hashemi
Sattar Hashemi is an Iranian professional known as a notable alumnus of Sharif University of Technology, one of Iran’s leading engineering and science institutions.
-
B.
Nematollah Nassiri
Nematollah Nassiri was an Iranian general who served as a powerful and controversial head of the Shah’s secret police during the Pahlavi era.
-
C.
Ebrahim Afshar
Ebrahim Afshar was a short-reigning 18th-century Persian monarch of the Afsharid dynasty who briefly succeeded Nader Shah during a turbulent period in Iran’s history.
-
D.
Mohammad Beheshti
Mohammad Beheshti was an influential Iranian cleric, jurist, and revolutionary leader who played a key role in shaping the Islamic Republic’s political and legal system before his assassination in 1981.
-
E.
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Sirajuddin Haqqani is a senior Afghan militant leader who heads the Haqqani network and serves as a key figure within the Taliban’s leadership.
- 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_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd85cc5a9881909e23bf9c5b697a8e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf18cc387c8190a9fe430fe5bb38ce |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf1a5440d8819094a6da0282408b7b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf1abe1ea88190b681eb18bfa361d7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.