Triple
T6898289
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Old Wives’ Tale |
E159428
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Povey
Samuel Povey is a central fictional character in Arnold Bennett’s novel "The Old Wives’ Tale," portrayed as a diligent, conservative draper whose marriage and domestic life reflect the social and economic changes of late 19th-century provincial England.
|
E633460
|
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: Samuel Povey | Statement: [The Old Wives’ Tale, mainCharacter, Samuel Povey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Povey Context triple: [The Old Wives’ Tale, mainCharacter, Samuel Povey]
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A.
Anthony Peckham
Anthony Peckham is a South African–born screenwriter best known for scripting films such as "Invictus" and "Sherlock Holmes."
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B.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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C.
Geoffry Powell
Geoffry Powell was a British architect best known as one of the designers of London's influential Barbican Estate, a landmark of post-war modernist architecture.
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D.
Charles Siddall
Charles Siddall was a family member of the Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, belonging to the same Victorian-era Siddall/Siddall family circle.
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E.
Samuel Pearson
Samuel Pearson was a British entrepreneur and publisher best known for establishing the company that evolved into the global education and publishing corporation Pearson plc.
- 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: Samuel Povey Triple: [The Old Wives’ Tale, mainCharacter, Samuel Povey]
Generated description
Samuel Povey is a central fictional character in Arnold Bennett’s novel "The Old Wives’ Tale," portrayed as a diligent, conservative draper whose marriage and domestic life reflect the social and economic changes of late 19th-century provincial England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Povey Target entity description: Samuel Povey is a central fictional character in Arnold Bennett’s novel "The Old Wives’ Tale," portrayed as a diligent, conservative draper whose marriage and domestic life reflect the social and economic changes of late 19th-century provincial England.
-
A.
Anthony Peckham
Anthony Peckham is a South African–born screenwriter best known for scripting films such as "Invictus" and "Sherlock Holmes."
-
B.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
-
C.
Geoffry Powell
Geoffry Powell was a British architect best known as one of the designers of London's influential Barbican Estate, a landmark of post-war modernist architecture.
-
D.
Charles Siddall
Charles Siddall was a family member of the Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, belonging to the same Victorian-era Siddall/Siddall family circle.
-
E.
Samuel Pearson
Samuel Pearson was a British entrepreneur and publisher best known for establishing the company that evolved into the global education and publishing corporation Pearson plc.
- 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_69c6883822e0819091e321526f20ae0a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d95d67448190857f36b8115b03f6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7617d81288190b38a67552f228933 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7629031608190b1ef76e969c97925 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c76329a47081909b47894ba0e1cad1 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:24 p.m.