Triple
T9732584
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Quiet American |
E235980
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alden Pyle
Alden Pyle is the idealistic yet dangerously naive American operative in Graham Greene’s novel "The Quiet American," whose actions in Vietnam embody the unintended consequences of well-meaning intervention.
|
E818455
|
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: Alden Pyle | Statement: [The Quiet American, mainCharacter, Alden Pyle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alden Pyle Context triple: [The Quiet American, mainCharacter, Alden Pyle]
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A.
Ransom Stoddard
Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
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B.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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C.
Joe DuBois
Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
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D.
Ralph Kercheval
Ralph Kercheval was an American football halfback and placekicker of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for his versatile backfield play and kicking in the National Football League.
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E.
Allan Blye
Allan Blye is a Canadian television writer and producer known for his work on influential variety and comedy programs from the 1960s onward.
- 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: Alden Pyle Triple: [The Quiet American, mainCharacter, Alden Pyle]
Generated description
Alden Pyle is the idealistic yet dangerously naive American operative in Graham Greene’s novel "The Quiet American," whose actions in Vietnam embody the unintended consequences of well-meaning intervention.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alden Pyle Target entity description: Alden Pyle is the idealistic yet dangerously naive American operative in Graham Greene’s novel "The Quiet American," whose actions in Vietnam embody the unintended consequences of well-meaning intervention.
-
A.
Ransom Stoddard
Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
-
B.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
-
C.
Joe DuBois
Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
-
D.
Ralph Kercheval
Ralph Kercheval was an American football halfback and placekicker of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for his versatile backfield play and kicking in the National Football League.
-
E.
Allan Blye
Allan Blye is a Canadian television writer and producer known for his work on influential variety and comedy programs from the 1960s onward.
- 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_69ca84d313e88190983ee6ffd0ef60d2 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9eb3d6e4819090b3c7fb92550c57 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1afc4dcc4819096d29c1a0529d272 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1b06d39b48190adaadbc81b4ffb9a |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1b1511c7c8190ba7bc691ab2d3a13 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:22 p.m.