Triple

T11754216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Catch-22 E279483 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Captain John Yossarian
Captain John Yossarian is the cynical, self-preserving U.S. Army bombardier protagonist of Joseph Heller’s satirical World War II novel Catch-22.
E945040 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: Captain John Yossarian | Statement: [Catch-22, mainCharacter, Captain John Yossarian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain John Yossarian
Context triple: [Catch-22, mainCharacter, Captain John Yossarian]
  • A. Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
    Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is the fast-talking, scheming U.S. Army motor pool sergeant and central comic character from the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show."
  • B. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman is the brutal, foul-mouthed Marine drill instructor in the film "Full Metal Jacket," known for his intense and dehumanizing training methods.
  • C. Maynard G. Krebs
    Maynard G. Krebs is a beatnik sidekick character from the American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," known for his goatee, bongo drums, and comic aversion to work.
  • D. Sergeant Calhoun
    Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
  • E. Sergeant Joe Bomowski
    Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
  • 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: Captain John Yossarian
Triple: [Catch-22, mainCharacter, Captain John Yossarian]
Generated description
Captain John Yossarian is the cynical, self-preserving U.S. Army bombardier protagonist of Joseph Heller’s satirical World War II novel Catch-22.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain John Yossarian
Target entity description: Captain John Yossarian is the cynical, self-preserving U.S. Army bombardier protagonist of Joseph Heller’s satirical World War II novel Catch-22.
  • A. Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
    Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is the fast-talking, scheming U.S. Army motor pool sergeant and central comic character from the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show."
  • B. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman is the brutal, foul-mouthed Marine drill instructor in the film "Full Metal Jacket," known for his intense and dehumanizing training methods.
  • C. Maynard G. Krebs
    Maynard G. Krebs is a beatnik sidekick character from the American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," known for his goatee, bongo drums, and comic aversion to work.
  • D. Sergeant Calhoun
    Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
  • E. Sergeant Joe Bomowski
    Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
  • 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_69d6ab01038c819080714901502c84fc completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a50b8a14819092a7397d73f0a8e3 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f01a21559c819097d0287dd8e2f411 completed April 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0319622c48190bee6c906f08c0a8c completed April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f05ad36e4c8190b7239e5b33713369 completed April 28, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.