Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fu Manchu stories E426109 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Dr. Fu-Manchu series
The Dr. Fu-Manchu series is a collection of early 20th-century adventure and crime novels by Sax Rohmer featuring the villainous mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu, whose stereotyped portrayal has had a lasting and controversial impact on popular culture.
E1272893 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: Dr. Fu-Manchu series | Statement: [Fu Manchu stories, alsoKnownAs, Dr. Fu-Manchu series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Fu-Manchu series
Context triple: [Fu Manchu stories, alsoKnownAs, Dr. Fu-Manchu series]
  • A. The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
    The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film that introduces the infamous criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu, adapted from Sax Rohmer’s popular series of novels.
  • B. The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
    The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1980 comedy film that parodies the classic Fu Manchu villain character, notable as Peter Sellers’ final movie role.
  • C. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
    The Vengeance of Fu Manchu is a 1967 British–Hong Kong crime adventure film in the Fu Manchu series, starring Christopher Lee as the infamous criminal mastermind.
  • D. The Face of Fu Manchu
    The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 British-German crime thriller film that launched a series of movies about the fictional villain Dr. Fu Manchu, produced by Harry Alan Towers and starring Christopher Lee in the title role.
  • E. The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1930 American crime thriller film featuring the infamous fictional villain Dr. Fu Manchu in a tale of revenge and intrigue.
  • 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: Dr. Fu-Manchu series
Triple: [Fu Manchu stories, alsoKnownAs, Dr. Fu-Manchu series]
Generated description
The Dr. Fu-Manchu series is a collection of early 20th-century adventure and crime novels by Sax Rohmer featuring the villainous mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu, whose stereotyped portrayal has had a lasting and controversial impact on popular culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Fu-Manchu series
Target entity description: The Dr. Fu-Manchu series is a collection of early 20th-century adventure and crime novels by Sax Rohmer featuring the villainous mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu, whose stereotyped portrayal has had a lasting and controversial impact on popular culture.
  • A. The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
    The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film that introduces the infamous criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu, adapted from Sax Rohmer’s popular series of novels.
  • B. The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
    The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1980 comedy film that parodies the classic Fu Manchu villain character, notable as Peter Sellers’ final movie role.
  • C. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
    The Vengeance of Fu Manchu is a 1967 British–Hong Kong crime adventure film in the Fu Manchu series, starring Christopher Lee as the infamous criminal mastermind.
  • D. The Face of Fu Manchu
    The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 British-German crime thriller film that launched a series of movies about the fictional villain Dr. Fu Manchu, produced by Harry Alan Towers and starring Christopher Lee in the title role.
  • E. The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1930 American crime thriller film featuring the infamous fictional villain Dr. Fu Manchu in a tale of revenge and intrigue.
  • 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_69d889dccf7481909264a1844a2e9100 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4520f6790819092c36e0e4ecc4cd3 completed April 19, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01c9395364819089fbd6f746aa8f46 completed May 11, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01c9b81a008190a1b6326d5e65242b completed May 11, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01ca70502c8190bfa2dfd44c30a6f2 completed May 11, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.