Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Liar! E201018 entity
Predicate robotName P50772 FINISHED
Object Herbie
Herbie is a fictional mind-reading robot from Isaac Asimov’s short story “Liar!” whose inability to tell the truth without hurting humans leads to a famous exploration of the Three Laws of Robotics.
 E739863 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: Herbie | Statement: [Liar!, robotName, Herbie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbie
Context triple: [Liar!, robotName, Herbie]
  • A. Herbie
    Herbie is a common diminutive form of the given name Herbert, often used as an affectionate nickname.
  • B. Herbie film series
    The Herbie film series is a collection of family comedy movies centered on a sentient, mischievous racing car named Herbie and the humorous adventures it shares with its human companions.
  • C. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
    Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a beloved children's story about a magical flying car that inspired a popular film and stage musical.
  • D. Flicka
    Flicka is a 2006 family drama film about a teenage girl and her bond with a wild mustang, adapted from the classic novel "My Friend Flicka."
  • E. Hank the Deuce
    Hank the Deuce is the nickname of Henry Ford II, the influential Ford Motor Company executive who led the automaker’s postwar revival and modernization.
  • 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: Herbie
Triple: [Liar!, robotName, Herbie]
Generated description
Herbie is a fictional mind-reading robot from Isaac Asimov’s short story “Liar!” whose inability to tell the truth without hurting humans leads to a famous exploration of the Three Laws of Robotics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbie
Target entity description: Herbie is a fictional mind-reading robot from Isaac Asimov’s short story “Liar!” whose inability to tell the truth without hurting humans leads to a famous exploration of the Three Laws of Robotics.
  • A. Herbie
    Herbie is a common diminutive form of the given name Herbert, often used as an affectionate nickname.
  • B. Herbie film series
    The Herbie film series is a collection of family comedy movies centered on a sentient, mischievous racing car named Herbie and the humorous adventures it shares with its human companions.
  • C. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
    Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a beloved children's story about a magical flying car that inspired a popular film and stage musical.
  • D. Flicka
    Flicka is a 2006 family drama film about a teenage girl and her bond with a wild mustang, adapted from the classic novel "My Friend Flicka."
  • E. Hank the Deuce
    Hank the Deuce is the nickname of Henry Ford II, the influential Ford Motor Company executive who led the automaker’s postwar revival and modernization.
  • 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_69cbe579b7088190b297b04527e36a2b completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4df8f78c81908c83d7d5ac996504 completed April 2, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ff668d4819081f4c3186437291b completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce54cc52cc81908ca48c93956ca86e completed April 2, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.