Triple
T5916118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hours in a Library |
E131583
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEssaySubject |
P4941
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Makepeace Thackeray |
E145738
|
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: William Makepeace Thackeray | Statement: [Hours in a Library, notableEssaySubject, William Makepeace Thackeray]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Makepeace Thackeray Context triple: [Hours in a Library, notableEssaySubject, William Makepeace Thackeray]
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A.
William Makepeace Thackeray
chosen
William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist best known for his satirical works, particularly the novel "Vanity Fair."
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B.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens was the youngest son of novelist Charles Dickens, who became a pastoralist and politician in colonial Australia.
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C.
Robert Surtees
Robert Surtees was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his richly photographed Hollywood classics and multiple Academy Award-winning work.
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D.
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens was a British naval officer and the son of famed novelist Charles Dickens.
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E.
John Dickens
John Dickens was the improvident naval clerk whose financial troubles and personality significantly influenced the life and writings of his son, novelist Charles Dickens.
- 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_69c0085a1ed08190a7e9a8b6323fd680 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c049fdb3e08190a72337ab4f48bc8e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0c02c24cc8190a98d24f7445f59b7 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.