Triple
T7697041
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Professor Cuthbert Calculus |
E174395
|
entity |
| Predicate | appearsIn |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Calculus Affair
The Calculus Affair is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin and Captain Haddock become embroiled in Cold War espionage surrounding Professor Calculus’s dangerous new invention.
|
E682228
|
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: The Calculus Affair | Statement: [Professor Cuthbert Calculus, appearsIn, The Calculus Affair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Calculus Affair Context triple: [Professor Cuthbert Calculus, appearsIn, The Calculus Affair]
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A.
A Question of Proof
A Question of Proof is a 1935 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake and introducing his amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways.
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B.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter is a 1948 novel by Graham Greene that explores moral conflict, guilt, and faith through the story of a conflicted British colonial officer in West Africa.
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C.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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D.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1976 mystery film (based on Nicholas Meyer’s novel) that reimagines Sherlock Holmes undergoing treatment for his cocaine addiction while confronting a new case involving Professor Moriarty.
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E.
The Confusion
The Confusion is a historical science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, forming the second volume of his Baroque Cycle and blending adventure, science, and political intrigue in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- 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: The Calculus Affair Triple: [Professor Cuthbert Calculus, appearsIn, The Calculus Affair]
Generated description
The Calculus Affair is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin and Captain Haddock become embroiled in Cold War espionage surrounding Professor Calculus’s dangerous new invention.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Calculus Affair Target entity description: The Calculus Affair is a Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin and Captain Haddock become embroiled in Cold War espionage surrounding Professor Calculus’s dangerous new invention.
-
A.
A Question of Proof
A Question of Proof is a 1935 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake and introducing his amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways.
-
B.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter is a 1948 novel by Graham Greene that explores moral conflict, guilt, and faith through the story of a conflicted British colonial officer in West Africa.
-
C.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
-
D.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1976 mystery film (based on Nicholas Meyer’s novel) that reimagines Sherlock Holmes undergoing treatment for his cocaine addiction while confronting a new case involving Professor Moriarty.
-
E.
The Confusion
The Confusion is a historical science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, forming the second volume of his Baroque Cycle and blending adventure, science, and political intrigue in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- 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_69c6995a72cc8190998e56daa6f8e453 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c702693ee8819080a483c347710b24 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8acaee2c481909efa30125e8ca890 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8add4153081909f8d77b019a64a2f |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8ae60b30881908c100ae489d6577e |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:03 p.m.