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]
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.