Triple

T6739510
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Mitchell E154038 entity
Predicate hasRecurringCharacter P10543 FINISHED
Object Dr. Marinus
Dr. Marinus is a recurring, reincarnating character in David Mitchell’s interconnected novels, often portrayed as a brilliant, enigmatic physician or scholar who links different stories and timelines.
E616777 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: Dr. Marinus | Statement: [David Mitchell, hasRecurringCharacter, Dr. Marinus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Marinus
Context triple: [David Mitchell, hasRecurringCharacter, Dr. Marinus]
  • A. Dr. Hilarius
    Dr. Hilarius is a sinister, possibly deranged psychiatrist in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "The Crying of Lot 49," known for his unsettling experiments and darkly comic presence.
  • B. Doctor Caius
    Doctor Caius is a comically hot-tempered French physician in Shakespeare’s play "The Merry Wives of Windsor," known for his exaggerated accent and farcical attempts at courtship and dueling.
  • C. Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
    Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
  • D. Doctor Primus
    Doctor Primus is a fictional character appearing in the horror-themed narrative of the Usher House.
  • E. Dr. Erasmus Craven
    Dr. Erasmus Craven is a timid but good-hearted sorcerer, portrayed by Vincent Price, who becomes entangled in a magical rivalry in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
  • 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: Dr. Marinus
Triple: [David Mitchell, hasRecurringCharacter, Dr. Marinus]
Generated description
Dr. Marinus is a recurring, reincarnating character in David Mitchell’s interconnected novels, often portrayed as a brilliant, enigmatic physician or scholar who links different stories and timelines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Marinus
Target entity description: Dr. Marinus is a recurring, reincarnating character in David Mitchell’s interconnected novels, often portrayed as a brilliant, enigmatic physician or scholar who links different stories and timelines.
  • A. Dr. Hilarius
    Dr. Hilarius is a sinister, possibly deranged psychiatrist in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "The Crying of Lot 49," known for his unsettling experiments and darkly comic presence.
  • B. Doctor Caius
    Doctor Caius is a comically hot-tempered French physician in Shakespeare’s play "The Merry Wives of Windsor," known for his exaggerated accent and farcical attempts at courtship and dueling.
  • C. Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
    Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
  • D. Doctor Primus
    Doctor Primus is a fictional character appearing in the horror-themed narrative of the Usher House.
  • E. Dr. Erasmus Craven
    Dr. Erasmus Craven is a timid but good-hearted sorcerer, portrayed by Vincent Price, who becomes entangled in a magical rivalry in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
  • 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_69c6880d84d8819095d19de2295f26ac completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d187c8788190b9fc1ebc9a66a520 completed March 27, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c70b0db3f481909b5281c63cc32dd1 completed March 27, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c70b83f24c819091a6a2a7802c830f completed March 27, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c70f676e408190bc85a2760446d5d1 completed March 27, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:10 p.m.