Triple
T11754218
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Catch-22 |
E279483
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colonel Cathcart
Colonel Cathcart is an ambitious, image-obsessed U.S. Army Air Corps officer in Joseph Heller’s novel "Catch-22," known for continually raising the number of missions his men must fly to advance his own career.
|
E945353
|
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: Colonel Cathcart | Statement: [Catch-22, mainCharacter, Colonel Cathcart]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Cathcart Context triple: [Catch-22, mainCharacter, Colonel Cathcart]
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A.
Colonel Lloyd
Colonel Lloyd is a central fictional character in the "Little Colonel" series, portrayed as a proud, aristocratic Southern gentleman whose relationship with his granddaughter drives much of the stories’ drama and sentiment.
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B.
Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.
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C.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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D.
Colonel Smith
Colonel Smith was a British military officer who played a leading role in the First Anglo-Mysore War against the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century.
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E.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
- 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: Colonel Cathcart Triple: [Catch-22, mainCharacter, Colonel Cathcart]
Generated description
Colonel Cathcart is an ambitious, image-obsessed U.S. Army Air Corps officer in Joseph Heller’s novel "Catch-22," known for continually raising the number of missions his men must fly to advance his own career.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Cathcart Target entity description: Colonel Cathcart is an ambitious, image-obsessed U.S. Army Air Corps officer in Joseph Heller’s novel "Catch-22," known for continually raising the number of missions his men must fly to advance his own career.
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A.
Colonel Lloyd
Colonel Lloyd is a central fictional character in the "Little Colonel" series, portrayed as a proud, aristocratic Southern gentleman whose relationship with his granddaughter drives much of the stories’ drama and sentiment.
-
B.
Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.
-
C.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
-
D.
Colonel Smith
Colonel Smith was a British military officer who played a leading role in the First Anglo-Mysore War against the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century.
-
E.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
- 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_69f090416334819084dc63d896c0c04a |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f0bd36673881908530b68e496c3d2e |
completed | April 28, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f0eec1f5d081908624fe2a93995fe5 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.