Triple

T8130173
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Red Shift E189832 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Thomas Rowley
Thomas Rowley is the protagonist of Alan Garner’s science fiction novel "Red Shift," around whom the book’s interwoven time periods and psychological tensions revolve.
E713901 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: Thomas Rowley | Statement: [Red Shift, mainCharacter, Thomas Rowley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Rowley
Context triple: [Red Shift, mainCharacter, Thomas Rowley]
  • A. Henry Spelman
    Henry Spelman was a member of the prominent Spelman family of the 19th century, related to philanthropist Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
  • B. Paul Dudley
    Paul Dudley was a prominent early 18th-century Massachusetts jurist and attorney general known for his influential role in the legal and political life of colonial New England.
  • C. Samuel Fielden
    Samuel Fielden was a British-born American labor activist, socialist, and one of the anarchists controversially convicted in connection with the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • D. Thomas Sparrow
    Thomas Sparrow was the individual after whom Sparrows Point in Maryland was named, likely an early landowner or notable figure associated with the area’s history.
  • E. John Norreys
    John Norreys was an English soldier and commander of the late 16th century, noted for his prominent role in Elizabethan military campaigns in Europe.
  • 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: Thomas Rowley
Triple: [Red Shift, mainCharacter, Thomas Rowley]
Generated description
Thomas Rowley is the protagonist of Alan Garner’s science fiction novel "Red Shift," around whom the book’s interwoven time periods and psychological tensions revolve.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Rowley
Target entity description: Thomas Rowley is the protagonist of Alan Garner’s science fiction novel "Red Shift," around whom the book’s interwoven time periods and psychological tensions revolve.
  • A. Henry Spelman
    Henry Spelman was a member of the prominent Spelman family of the 19th century, related to philanthropist Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
  • B. Paul Dudley
    Paul Dudley was a prominent early 18th-century Massachusetts jurist and attorney general known for his influential role in the legal and political life of colonial New England.
  • C. Samuel Fielden
    Samuel Fielden was a British-born American labor activist, socialist, and one of the anarchists controversially convicted in connection with the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • D. Thomas Sparrow
    Thomas Sparrow was the individual after whom Sparrows Point in Maryland was named, likely an early landowner or notable figure associated with the area’s history.
  • E. John Norreys
    John Norreys was an English soldier and commander of the late 16th century, noted for his prominent role in Elizabethan military campaigns in Europe.
  • 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb43b7dbd881908a80f23090596eae completed March 31, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc947a7354819088c6f3cc6ab677cf completed April 1, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc95c0b19881908521cce5ac0fe197 completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc970698f88190a0869515904e50e3 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.