Triple

T9732601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Quiet American E235980 entity
Predicate characterRole P268 FINISHED
Object Thomas Fowler is a British journalist
Thomas Fowler is the world-weary British journalist protagonist of Graham Greene’s novel "The Quiet American," whose cynical perspective on politics and love shapes the story’s moral ambiguity.
 E818457 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: Thomas Fowler is a British journalist | Statement: [The Quiet American, characterRole, Thomas Fowler is a British journalist]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Fowler is a British journalist
Context triple: [The Quiet American, characterRole, Thomas Fowler is a British journalist]
  • A. William Thomson (journalist)
    William Thomson (journalist) is a British journalist and writer known for his contributions to contemporary news and commentary.
  • B. George Malcolm Thomson (journalist)
    George Malcolm Thomson was a Scottish journalist, author, and nationalist campaigner known for his influential writings on Scottish identity and politics in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Sam Walker (journalist)
    Sam Walker is an American journalist and author best known for his work at The Wall Street Journal and his book "Fantasyland," which explores the culture of fantasy sports.
  • D. Robert Winder
    Robert Winder is a British writer and former literary editor known for his non-fiction works on cricket, immigration, and English history.
  • E. Jon Sopel
    Jon Sopel is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for his work as a BBC correspondent and news presenter.
  • 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: Thomas Fowler is a British journalist
Triple: [The Quiet American, characterRole, Thomas Fowler is a British journalist]
Generated description
Thomas Fowler is the world-weary British journalist protagonist of Graham Greene’s novel "The Quiet American," whose cynical perspective on politics and love shapes the story’s moral ambiguity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Fowler is a British journalist
Target entity description: Thomas Fowler is the world-weary British journalist protagonist of Graham Greene’s novel "The Quiet American," whose cynical perspective on politics and love shapes the story’s moral ambiguity.
  • A. William Thomson (journalist)
    William Thomson (journalist) is a British journalist and writer known for his contributions to contemporary news and commentary.
  • B. George Malcolm Thomson (journalist)
    George Malcolm Thomson was a Scottish journalist, author, and nationalist campaigner known for his influential writings on Scottish identity and politics in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Sam Walker (journalist)
    Sam Walker is an American journalist and author best known for his work at The Wall Street Journal and his book "Fantasyland," which explores the culture of fantasy sports.
  • D. Robert Winder
    Robert Winder is a British writer and former literary editor known for his non-fiction works on cricket, immigration, and English history.
  • E. Jon Sopel
    Jon Sopel is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for his work as a BBC correspondent and news presenter.
  • 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.