Triple

T8767895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Betrothed E208381 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Hugo de Lacy
Hugo de Lacy is a fictional Norman nobleman and central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "The Betrothed," set during the turbulent period of the Crusades.
E756709 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: Hugo de Lacy | Statement: [The Betrothed, mainCharacter, Hugo de Lacy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugo de Lacy
Context triple: [The Betrothed, mainCharacter, Hugo de Lacy]
  • A. Walter de Lacy
    Walter de Lacy was a prominent Norman noble and Marcher lord of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his role in consolidating Norman control over the Welsh borderlands.
  • B. Ilbert de Lacy
    Ilbert de Lacy was an 11th-century Norman baron and landholder in England, noted as a prominent supporter of William the Conqueror and an early feudal lord in Yorkshire.
  • C. John de Burgh
    John de Burgh was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early 14th century, heir to the Earldom of Ulster and a member of the powerful de Burgh (Burke) dynasty.
  • D. Gilles de Burgh
    Gilles de Burgh was a medieval noblewoman of the influential de Burgh family who became the mother of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland.
  • E. Edmund de Burgh
    Edmund de Burgh was a member of the powerful Anglo-Norman de Burgh family in medieval Ireland, connected by kinship to Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots.
  • 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: Hugo de Lacy
Triple: [The Betrothed, mainCharacter, Hugo de Lacy]
Generated description
Hugo de Lacy is a fictional Norman nobleman and central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "The Betrothed," set during the turbulent period of the Crusades.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugo de Lacy
Target entity description: Hugo de Lacy is a fictional Norman nobleman and central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "The Betrothed," set during the turbulent period of the Crusades.
  • A. Walter de Lacy
    Walter de Lacy was a prominent Norman noble and Marcher lord of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his role in consolidating Norman control over the Welsh borderlands.
  • B. Ilbert de Lacy
    Ilbert de Lacy was an 11th-century Norman baron and landholder in England, noted as a prominent supporter of William the Conqueror and an early feudal lord in Yorkshire.
  • C. John de Burgh
    John de Burgh was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early 14th century, heir to the Earldom of Ulster and a member of the powerful de Burgh (Burke) dynasty.
  • D. Gilles de Burgh
    Gilles de Burgh was a medieval noblewoman of the influential de Burgh family who became the mother of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland.
  • E. Edmund de Burgh
    Edmund de Burgh was a member of the powerful Anglo-Norman de Burgh family in medieval Ireland, connected by kinship to Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots.
  • 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.