Triple
T5711588
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Dance to the Music of Time |
E125921
|
entity |
| Predicate | recurringCharacter |
P12208
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kenneth Widmerpool
Kenneth Widmerpool is an ambitious, socially awkward, and morally ambiguous British bureaucrat whose rise through mid-20th-century society forms one of the central threads of Anthony Powell’s novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time.
|
E541607
|
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: Kenneth Widmerpool | Statement: [A Dance to the Music of Time, recurringCharacter, Kenneth Widmerpool]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Widmerpool Context triple: [A Dance to the Music of Time, recurringCharacter, Kenneth Widmerpool]
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A.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
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B.
Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his comic supporting roles in films and television from the 1960s onward.
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C.
Sir Charles Kerruish
Sir Charles Kerruish was a prominent Manx politician who became one of the Isle of Man’s most influential modern political leaders and a key figure in the development of its self-governance.
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D.
David Wooster
David Wooster was an American Revolutionary War general from Connecticut who played a significant role in the early struggle for independence.
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E.
Humphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle was a 20th-century British composer known for his pioneering use of serialism and his influential orchestral and film scores.
- 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: Kenneth Widmerpool Triple: [A Dance to the Music of Time, recurringCharacter, Kenneth Widmerpool]
Generated description
Kenneth Widmerpool is an ambitious, socially awkward, and morally ambiguous British bureaucrat whose rise through mid-20th-century society forms one of the central threads of Anthony Powell’s novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Widmerpool Target entity description: Kenneth Widmerpool is an ambitious, socially awkward, and morally ambiguous British bureaucrat whose rise through mid-20th-century society forms one of the central threads of Anthony Powell’s novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time.
-
A.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
-
B.
Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his comic supporting roles in films and television from the 1960s onward.
-
C.
Sir Charles Kerruish
Sir Charles Kerruish was a prominent Manx politician who became one of the Isle of Man’s most influential modern political leaders and a key figure in the development of its self-governance.
-
D.
David Wooster
David Wooster was an American Revolutionary War general from Connecticut who played a significant role in the early struggle for independence.
-
E.
Humphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle was a 20th-century British composer known for his pioneering use of serialism and his influential orchestral and film scores.
- 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_69c0082d6fe48190b777fb383769e5c8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c024b386a08190bd2738d93861edc2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c05a72181081909209a38c3ff7460b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c05cd2dea88190bc79ca0a7709e7ca |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c05d8c85f88190a1a962794eeecd8d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:46 p.m.