Triple
T9356500
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Prayer for Owen Meany |
E225152
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rev. Louis Merrill
Rev. Louis Merrill is a fictional clergyman who plays a significant spiritual and narrative role in John Irving's novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany."
|
E794105
|
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: Rev. Louis Merrill | Statement: [A Prayer for Owen Meany, hasCharacter, Rev. Louis Merrill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rev. Louis Merrill Context triple: [A Prayer for Owen Meany, hasCharacter, Rev. Louis Merrill]
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A.
Rev. William C. French
Rev. William C. French was a 19th-century clergyman and educator known for establishing institutions dedicated to the higher education of women.
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B.
Rev. Leonard Neale
Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
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C.
Reverend Harris G. Joplin
Reverend Harris G. Joplin was a 19th-century Methodist minister and early settler after whom the city of Joplin, Missouri, was named.
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D.
Reverend B. Elton Cox
Reverend B. Elton Cox was a civil rights leader and clergyman known for challenging restrictions on peaceful protest in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cox v. Louisiana.
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E.
Reverend William Trimble Beatty
Reverend William Trimble Beatty was a 19th-century Presbyterian minister and educator best known for establishing what would become Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 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: Rev. Louis Merrill Triple: [A Prayer for Owen Meany, hasCharacter, Rev. Louis Merrill]
Generated description
Rev. Louis Merrill is a fictional clergyman who plays a significant spiritual and narrative role in John Irving's novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rev. Louis Merrill Target entity description: Rev. Louis Merrill is a fictional clergyman who plays a significant spiritual and narrative role in John Irving's novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany."
-
A.
Rev. William C. French
Rev. William C. French was a 19th-century clergyman and educator known for establishing institutions dedicated to the higher education of women.
-
B.
Rev. Leonard Neale
Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
-
C.
Reverend Harris G. Joplin
Reverend Harris G. Joplin was a 19th-century Methodist minister and early settler after whom the city of Joplin, Missouri, was named.
-
D.
Reverend B. Elton Cox
Reverend B. Elton Cox was a civil rights leader and clergyman known for challenging restrictions on peaceful protest in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cox v. Louisiana.
-
E.
Reverend William Trimble Beatty
Reverend William Trimble Beatty was a 19th-century Presbyterian minister and educator best known for establishing what would become Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 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.