Triple

T6464459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Reuben, Reuben E142197 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Gowan McGland
Gowan McGland is a hard-drinking, womanizing Scottish poet whose misadventures and moral failings drive the darkly comic narrative of the novel "Reuben, Reuben."
 E594209 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: Gowan McGland | Statement: [Reuben, Reuben, hasMainCharacter, Gowan McGland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gowan McGland
Context triple: [Reuben, Reuben, hasMainCharacter, Gowan McGland]
  • A. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • B. James Gowan
    James Gowan was a Scottish-born architect known for his influential postwar modernist and Brutalist designs, particularly through his early partnership with James Stirling.
  • C. Angus McKie
    Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
  • D. Iain McCrory
    Iain McCrory is the father of the late British actress Helen McCrory, known for her acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre.
  • E. Paul Scoon
    Paul Scoon was a Grenadian statesman who served as the country’s long-serving Governor-General, playing a key role during the political turmoil and U.S.-led intervention of the early 1980s.
  • 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: Gowan McGland
Triple: [Reuben, Reuben, hasMainCharacter, Gowan McGland]
Generated description
Gowan McGland is a hard-drinking, womanizing Scottish poet whose misadventures and moral failings drive the darkly comic narrative of the novel "Reuben, Reuben."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gowan McGland
Target entity description: Gowan McGland is a hard-drinking, womanizing Scottish poet whose misadventures and moral failings drive the darkly comic narrative of the novel "Reuben, Reuben."
  • A. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • B. James Gowan
    James Gowan was a Scottish-born architect known for his influential postwar modernist and Brutalist designs, particularly through his early partnership with James Stirling.
  • C. Angus McKie
    Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
  • D. Iain McCrory
    Iain McCrory is the father of the late British actress Helen McCrory, known for her acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre.
  • E. Paul Scoon
    Paul Scoon was a Grenadian statesman who served as the country’s long-serving Governor-General, playing a key role during the political turmoil and U.S.-led intervention of the early 1980s.
  • 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_69c008d3bf4c8190bcf798c5ba9d6fb3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06a10305081909521ee200cf70a30 completed March 22, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c64be78ae48190b38390ed245694fb completed March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c64cd369048190bc0702592083a909 completed March 27, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c64d911a1881908b280636365a4858 completed March 27, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:49 p.m.