Triple

T8767629
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Pirate E208375 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Basil Mertoun
Basil Mertoun is the protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Pirate," around whom the story’s central adventures and conflicts revolve.
E756694 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: Basil Mertoun | Statement: [The Pirate, mainCharacter, Basil Mertoun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil Mertoun
Context triple: [The Pirate, mainCharacter, Basil Mertoun]
  • A. Basil Atkinson
    Basil Atkinson was a British biblical scholar and librarian at the University of Cambridge, known for his conservative evangelical theology and writings on Christian doctrine.
  • B. Murvyn Vye
    Murvyn Vye was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying tough or villainous figures.
  • C. Lucian Johnston
    Lucian Johnston is a film editor best known for his work on the acclaimed horror drama "Midsommar."
  • D. Percy Kilbride
    Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
  • E. Courtland Mead
    Courtland Mead is an American former child actor best known for his roles in 1990s film and television, including voice work in animated series and appearances in family and horror projects.
  • 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: Basil Mertoun
Triple: [The Pirate, mainCharacter, Basil Mertoun]
Generated description
Basil Mertoun is the protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Pirate," around whom the story’s central adventures and conflicts revolve.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil Mertoun
Target entity description: Basil Mertoun is the protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Pirate," around whom the story’s central adventures and conflicts revolve.
  • A. Basil Atkinson
    Basil Atkinson was a British biblical scholar and librarian at the University of Cambridge, known for his conservative evangelical theology and writings on Christian doctrine.
  • B. Murvyn Vye
    Murvyn Vye was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying tough or villainous figures.
  • C. Lucian Johnston
    Lucian Johnston is a film editor best known for his work on the acclaimed horror drama "Midsommar."
  • D. Percy Kilbride
    Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
  • E. Courtland Mead
    Courtland Mead is an American former child actor best known for his roles in 1990s film and television, including voice work in animated series and appearances in family and horror projects.
  • 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_69ca835edb4481909b4aafb616dc5eb7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5eeae70c8190adc2bc2846da0fbf completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf51a78a98819083ed4e214cd1fd22 completed April 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf5323b7c08190819de236e01ce9d3 completed April 3, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf54a056408190bd536f79e3ec33be completed April 3, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.