Triple
T6044250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hannibal (novel) |
E134625
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Barney Matthews
Barney Matthews is a fictional orderly and caretaker who appears in Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels, notably as one of Lecter’s few consistently respectful and sympathetic attendants.
|
E564299
|
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: Barney Matthews | Statement: [Hannibal (novel), featuresCharacter, Barney Matthews]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barney Matthews Context triple: [Hannibal (novel), featuresCharacter, Barney Matthews]
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A.
Barney Pilling
Barney Pilling is a British film editor known for his work on acclaimed films such as "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
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B.
Barry Jackson
Barry Jackson was a prominent British theatre director and producer best known for his innovative leadership in regional theatre and modern stagings of classic plays.
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C.
Roy Skeggs
Roy Skeggs was a British film and television producer best known for revitalizing Hammer Film Productions in the 1970s and 1980s and steering the company into television and lower-budget horror projects.
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D.
Terry Nutkins
Terry Nutkins was a British naturalist and television presenter best known for his wildlife programmes for children on the BBC.
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E.
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson was a British-American actor and television personality best known as the original host of the game show "Family Feud" and for his role as Corporal Newkirk on the sitcom "Hogan's Heroes."
- 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: Barney Matthews Triple: [Hannibal (novel), featuresCharacter, Barney Matthews]
Generated description
Barney Matthews is a fictional orderly and caretaker who appears in Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels, notably as one of Lecter’s few consistently respectful and sympathetic attendants.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barney Matthews Target entity description: Barney Matthews is a fictional orderly and caretaker who appears in Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels, notably as one of Lecter’s few consistently respectful and sympathetic attendants.
-
A.
Barney Pilling
Barney Pilling is a British film editor known for his work on acclaimed films such as "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
-
B.
Barry Jackson
Barry Jackson was a prominent British theatre director and producer best known for his innovative leadership in regional theatre and modern stagings of classic plays.
-
C.
Roy Skeggs
Roy Skeggs was a British film and television producer best known for revitalizing Hammer Film Productions in the 1970s and 1980s and steering the company into television and lower-budget horror projects.
-
D.
Terry Nutkins
Terry Nutkins was a British naturalist and television presenter best known for his wildlife programmes for children on the BBC.
-
E.
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson was a British-American actor and television personality best known as the original host of the game show "Family Feud" and for his role as Corporal Newkirk on the sitcom "Hogan's Heroes."
- 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_69c00876a69881908088a2626d3b2666 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c056e2b1148190908c4dc43abee266 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1139f53d881908f2aa8211fc7539f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1153b6ce8819090a13d349ccd2d6c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c115acfe748190b91c88df81c2e1c2 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:09 p.m.