Triple

T18007156
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander's Bridge E430782 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Bartley Alexander
Bartley Alexander is the ambitious, morally conflicted engineer protagonist of Willa Cather’s novel "Alexander’s Bridge," whose personal and professional struggles drive the story’s central drama.
E1319327 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: Bartley Alexander | Statement: [Alexander's Bridge, mainCharacter, Bartley Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bartley Alexander
Context triple: [Alexander's Bridge, mainCharacter, Bartley Alexander]
  • A. Les Bartley
    Les Bartley was a highly successful and influential box lacrosse coach, best known for leading multiple National Lacrosse League teams, including the Toronto Rock, to championship titles.
  • B. Frank Bryant
    Frank Bryant is a disillusioned, middle-aged university literature professor whose relationship with an eager working-class student drives the central transformation in the play and film "Educating Rita."
  • C. Carlos Battey
    Carlos Battey is a Grammy-winning American songwriter and record producer known for his work across pop and R&B with artists such as Justin Bieber and Madonna.
  • D. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • E. Alan Blakley
    Alan Blakley was an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a member of the 1960s pop group The Tremeloes.
  • 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: Bartley Alexander
Triple: [Alexander's Bridge, mainCharacter, Bartley Alexander]
Generated description
Bartley Alexander is the ambitious, morally conflicted engineer protagonist of Willa Cather’s novel "Alexander’s Bridge," whose personal and professional struggles drive the story’s central drama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bartley Alexander
Target entity description: Bartley Alexander is the ambitious, morally conflicted engineer protagonist of Willa Cather’s novel "Alexander’s Bridge," whose personal and professional struggles drive the story’s central drama.
  • A. Les Bartley
    Les Bartley was a highly successful and influential box lacrosse coach, best known for leading multiple National Lacrosse League teams, including the Toronto Rock, to championship titles.
  • B. Frank Bryant
    Frank Bryant is a disillusioned, middle-aged university literature professor whose relationship with an eager working-class student drives the central transformation in the play and film "Educating Rita."
  • C. Carlos Battey
    Carlos Battey is a Grammy-winning American songwriter and record producer known for his work across pop and R&B with artists such as Justin Bieber and Madonna.
  • D. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • E. Alan Blakley
    Alan Blakley was an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a member of the 1960s pop group The Tremeloes.
  • 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_69d8b904530081908bf341d842464856 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4b51c7da48190ab70775a672e2d5f completed April 19, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03cc0d61088190b1d6fb44e8d4b070 completed May 13, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03ccb5a29881909adf08dab680db78 completed May 13, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03cd0c2204819089326be4c699a745 completed May 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:24 a.m.