Triple
T12187943
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Elephant Man |
E290384
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frederick Treves
Frederick Treves is the compassionate Victorian surgeon who befriends and cares for Joseph Merrick in the story of "The Elephant Man."
|
E967838
|
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: Frederick Treves | Statement: [The Elephant Man, character, Frederick Treves]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Treves Context triple: [The Elephant Man, character, Frederick Treves]
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A.
Edward Darley Boit
Edward Darley Boit was a 19th-century American lawyer and art collector best known today as the father of the four girls depicted in John Singer Sargent’s famous painting "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit."
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B.
Lancelot Hodgkin
Lancelot Hodgkin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hodgkin surname, though specific widely known achievements or biographical details are not well documented.
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C.
William Osler
William Osler is a Canadian actor best known for his role in the science fiction television series "The Starlost."
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D.
William Osler
William Osler was a pioneering Canadian physician, medical educator, and author often regarded as the "father of modern medicine" for his transformative influence on clinical teaching and medical practice.
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E.
Alfred Foulhoux
Alfred Foulhoux was a French architect active in colonial-era Vietnam, best known for designing prominent public buildings in Saigon, including the Saigon Central Post Office.
- 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: Frederick Treves Triple: [The Elephant Man, character, Frederick Treves]
Generated description
Frederick Treves is the compassionate Victorian surgeon who befriends and cares for Joseph Merrick in the story of "The Elephant Man."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Treves Target entity description: Frederick Treves is the compassionate Victorian surgeon who befriends and cares for Joseph Merrick in the story of "The Elephant Man."
-
A.
Edward Darley Boit
Edward Darley Boit was a 19th-century American lawyer and art collector best known today as the father of the four girls depicted in John Singer Sargent’s famous painting "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit."
-
B.
Lancelot Hodgkin
Lancelot Hodgkin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Hodgkin surname, though specific widely known achievements or biographical details are not well documented.
-
C.
William Osler
William Osler is a Canadian actor best known for his role in the science fiction television series "The Starlost."
-
D.
William Osler
William Osler was a pioneering Canadian physician, medical educator, and author often regarded as the "father of modern medicine" for his transformative influence on clinical teaching and medical practice.
-
E.
Alfred Foulhoux
Alfred Foulhoux was a French architect active in colonial-era Vietnam, best known for designing prominent public buildings in Saigon, including the Saigon Central Post Office.
- 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_69d6ab64de5881908d56eb7a75c6cc69 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d916012c2c819085824332ad60059e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f6b0a84c8190ae593e368c13b5a5 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f600b7e1788190b1df4fdfd96118d0 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f604c4ef7c8190bc128b1aa535744d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.