Triple

T8491844
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hober Mallow E200989 entity
Predicate hasTitle P38 FINISHED
Object Merchant Prince
Merchant Prince is a prestigious commercial title in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe, denoting a powerful trader who wields both economic and political influence across the galaxy.
 E735906 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: Merchant Prince | Statement: [Hober Mallow, hasTitle, Merchant Prince]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merchant Prince
Context triple: [Hober Mallow, hasTitle, Merchant Prince]
  • A. Merchant Princes
    Merchant Princes is a science fiction novel series by Charles Stross that follows a woman who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in interdimensional politics, crime, and intrigue.
  • B. Prince of Fu
    The Prince of Fu was the noble title held by Zhu Yousong before he became the Hongguang Emperor, an early Southern Ming ruler during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
  • C. Prince of Vivaro
    The Prince of Vivaro is a hereditary noble title historically held by the influential Italian Borghese family.
  • D. King of Florin
    The King of Florin is the fictional monarch who rules the kingdom of Florin in William Goldman’s novel and film "The Princess Bride."
  • E. Le Prince
    Le Prince is a French surname most notably associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, an 18th-century painter and etcher known for his scenes inspired by travels in Russia.
  • 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: Merchant Prince
Triple: [Hober Mallow, hasTitle, Merchant Prince]
Generated description
Merchant Prince is a prestigious commercial title in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe, denoting a powerful trader who wields both economic and political influence across the galaxy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merchant Prince
Target entity description: Merchant Prince is a prestigious commercial title in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe, denoting a powerful trader who wields both economic and political influence across the galaxy.
  • A. Merchant Princes
    Merchant Princes is a science fiction novel series by Charles Stross that follows a woman who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in interdimensional politics, crime, and intrigue.
  • B. Prince of Fu
    The Prince of Fu was the noble title held by Zhu Yousong before he became the Hongguang Emperor, an early Southern Ming ruler during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
  • C. Prince of Vivaro
    The Prince of Vivaro is a hereditary noble title historically held by the influential Italian Borghese family.
  • D. King of Florin
    The King of Florin is the fictional monarch who rules the kingdom of Florin in William Goldman’s novel and film "The Princess Bride."
  • E. Le Prince
    Le Prince is a French surname most notably associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, an 18th-century painter and etcher known for his scenes inspired by travels in Russia.
  • 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_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe55cf5dc81908cad31ac53e15b46 completed March 31, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce3a54c3888190b11b7e9909abe518 completed April 2, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3b2015748190abc70b25c36aa819 completed April 2, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3c1042e48190a0f340e771cdd00a completed April 2, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.