Triple
T8243149
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Man in Black |
E192784
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Dark Man
The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
|
E721712
|
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 Dark Man | Statement: [The Man in Black, alsoKnownAs, The Dark Man]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dark Man Context triple: [The Man in Black, alsoKnownAs, The Dark Man]
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A.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
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B.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1967 Cold War spy thriller film starring Yul Brynner as a CIA agent entangled in a deadly plot involving his doppelgänger in the Austrian Alps.
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C.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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D.
The Mind of Evil
The Mind of Evil is a 1971 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor confronting a sinister mind-altering machine inside a high-security prison amid a plot involving the Master.
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E.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.
- 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 Dark Man Triple: [The Man in Black, alsoKnownAs, The Dark Man]
Generated description
The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dark Man Target entity description: The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
-
A.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
-
B.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1967 Cold War spy thriller film starring Yul Brynner as a CIA agent entangled in a deadly plot involving his doppelgänger in the Austrian Alps.
-
C.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
-
D.
The Mind of Evil
The Mind of Evil is a 1971 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor confronting a sinister mind-altering machine inside a high-security prison amid a plot involving the Master.
-
E.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.
- 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_69ca82de7b8c81908d8106f8a53cff9b |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb786f65708190a92ec282b280c813 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd3521bfb48190935fe82a1f768adc |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cd37a5d3bc8190801b1b0f09eee462 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd4edfda788190a29f5d9a7a61f6ed |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.