Triple

T9359082
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Birth-Mark E225228 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Aylmer
Aylmer is the obsessive scientist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-Mark,” whose fixation on achieving physical perfection in his wife leads to tragic consequences.
 E794682 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: Aylmer | Statement: [The Birth-Mark, mainCharacter, Aylmer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Aylmer
Context triple: [The Birth-Mark, mainCharacter, Aylmer]
  • A. Aylmer
    Aylmer is a small town in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community within Elgin County.
  • B. Aylmer
    Aylmer is a former city in western Quebec, Canada, now a sector of Gatineau, known for its historic waterfront and residential character along the Ottawa River.
  • C. Elias Loomis
    Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
  • D. Dervan
    Dervan is a surname most notably associated with American chemist Peter B. Dervan, known for his pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry and DNA recognition.
  • E. Mr. Vandemar
    Mr. Vandemar is a brutal, seemingly immortal assassin and one of the primary antagonists in Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel "Neverwhere."
  • 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: Aylmer
Triple: [The Birth-Mark, mainCharacter, Aylmer]
Generated description
Aylmer is the obsessive scientist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-Mark,” whose fixation on achieving physical perfection in his wife leads to tragic consequences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Aylmer
Target entity description: Aylmer is the obsessive scientist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-Mark,” whose fixation on achieving physical perfection in his wife leads to tragic consequences.
  • A. Aylmer
    Aylmer is a former city in western Quebec, Canada, now a sector of Gatineau, known for its historic waterfront and residential character along the Ottawa River.
  • B. Aylmer
    Aylmer is a small town in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community within Elgin County.
  • C. Elias Loomis
    Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
  • D. Dervan
    Dervan is a surname most notably associated with American chemist Peter B. Dervan, known for his pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry and DNA recognition.
  • E. Mr. Vandemar
    Mr. Vandemar is a brutal, seemingly immortal assassin and one of the primary antagonists in Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel "Neverwhere."
  • 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_69ca842bdd648190904131d58620d448 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4ff19ab48190a8d85c8ac2644c89 completed April 1, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0f3da85d48190966682b0f1965a53 completed April 4, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0f619e91081909c2ec17e89376295 completed April 4, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0f6ce1a0c8190aca34958935e0e59 completed April 4, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:42 p.m.