Triple

T8495408
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thorns E201086 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Minner Burris
Minner Burris is the physically altered, psychologically tormented protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "Thorns."
 E737361 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: Minner Burris | Statement: [Thorns, hasMainCharacter, Minner Burris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Minner Burris
Context triple: [Thorns, hasMainCharacter, Minner Burris]
  • A. Slimm Calhoun
    Slimm Calhoun is an American rapper from Atlanta best known for his work with the Dungeon Family collective and his early-2000s solo material.
  • B. James Bundy
    James Bundy is an American theater director and educator best known for leading Yale Repertory Theatre and the Yale School of Drama.
  • C. Bones McKinney
    Bones McKinney was an American professional basketball player and later coach, best known for his colorful personality and contributions to early pro basketball and college coaching.
  • D. William Ragsdale
    William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
  • E. Bunk Moreland
    Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
  • 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: Minner Burris
Triple: [Thorns, hasMainCharacter, Minner Burris]
Generated description
Minner Burris is the physically altered, psychologically tormented protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "Thorns."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Minner Burris
Target entity description: Minner Burris is the physically altered, psychologically tormented protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "Thorns."
  • A. Slimm Calhoun
    Slimm Calhoun is an American rapper from Atlanta best known for his work with the Dungeon Family collective and his early-2000s solo material.
  • B. James Bundy
    James Bundy is an American theater director and educator best known for leading Yale Repertory Theatre and the Yale School of Drama.
  • C. Bones McKinney
    Bones McKinney was an American professional basketball player and later coach, best known for his colorful personality and contributions to early pro basketball and college coaching.
  • D. William Ragsdale
    William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
  • E. Bunk Moreland
    Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
  • 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_69cbe57dbe488190af5f06faf862cd5d completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce3a6117988190b8c667d4263f3e86 completed April 2, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3d0323248190a076a209df98c96c completed April 2, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3d7909f48190a46f58fca75d7740 completed April 2, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.