Triple

T9356437
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Cider House Rules E225151 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Wilbur Larch
Dr. Wilbur Larch is a compassionate yet morally conflicted obstetrician and orphanage director in John Irving’s novel "The Cider House Rules," known for performing illegal abortions and raising orphans in rural Maine.
E794098 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: Dr. Wilbur Larch | Statement: [The Cider House Rules, mainCharacter, Dr. Wilbur Larch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Wilbur Larch
Context triple: [The Cider House Rules, mainCharacter, Dr. Wilbur Larch]
  • A. Dr. Louis Judd
    Dr. Louis Judd is a psychiatrist character in the 1942 horror film "Cat People," known for his skeptical, analytical approach to the film’s supernatural events.
  • B. Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
    Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
  • C. Dr. Fred Mallory
    Dr. Fred Mallory is a character in the 1939 science-fiction movie serial "The Phantom Creeps," which stars Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
  • D. Dr. Jaquith
    Dr. Jaquith is the compassionate psychiatrist in the 1942 film "Now, Voyager" who helps the protagonist undergo a profound emotional and psychological transformation.
  • E. Dr. Charles Burton
    Dr. Charles Burton is a key scientist in Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain," involved in investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
  • 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: Dr. Wilbur Larch
Triple: [The Cider House Rules, mainCharacter, Dr. Wilbur Larch]
Generated description
Dr. Wilbur Larch is a compassionate yet morally conflicted obstetrician and orphanage director in John Irving’s novel "The Cider House Rules," known for performing illegal abortions and raising orphans in rural Maine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Wilbur Larch
Target entity description: Dr. Wilbur Larch is a compassionate yet morally conflicted obstetrician and orphanage director in John Irving’s novel "The Cider House Rules," known for performing illegal abortions and raising orphans in rural Maine.
  • A. Dr. Louis Judd
    Dr. Louis Judd is a psychiatrist character in the 1942 horror film "Cat People," known for his skeptical, analytical approach to the film’s supernatural events.
  • B. Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
    Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
  • C. Dr. Fred Mallory
    Dr. Fred Mallory is a character in the 1939 science-fiction movie serial "The Phantom Creeps," which stars Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
  • D. Dr. Jaquith
    Dr. Jaquith is the compassionate psychiatrist in the 1942 film "Now, Voyager" who helps the protagonist undergo a profound emotional and psychological transformation.
  • E. Dr. Charles Burton
    Dr. Charles Burton is a key scientist in Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain," involved in investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
  • 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_69ca842abfd48190949d71c3b86eeba8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4fee9d4c8190a7d121c9487ccca2 completed April 1, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0f3d248a88190b7d17af66e2903c5 completed April 4, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0f46bd034819093e7157a3e1ac1fc completed April 4, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0f5bf64548190b40e97b279db5105 completed April 4, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:42 p.m.