Triple

T18207626
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Crystal World E435946 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Edward Sanders
Dr. Edward Sanders is the protagonist of J. G. Ballard’s science fiction novel "The Crystal World," a physician who journeys into a mysterious African jungle where time and matter are transforming into crystalline forms.
 E1312025 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. Edward Sanders | Statement: [The Crystal World, mainCharacter, Dr. Edward Sanders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Edward Sanders
Context triple: [The Crystal World, mainCharacter, Dr. Edward Sanders]
  • A. Dr. Donald Westphall
    Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
  • B. David Westheimer
    David Westheimer was an American novelist best known for writing the World War II adventure novel that inspired the film "Von Ryan's Express."
  • C. Paul F. Edwards
    Paul F. Edwards is a television and film screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed American Civil War miniseries "North and South."
  • D. Stephen H. Sachs
    Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
  • E. Kenneth Resnick
    Kenneth Resnick is an American professional wrestling announcer best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the 1980s.
  • 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. Edward Sanders
Triple: [The Crystal World, mainCharacter, Dr. Edward Sanders]
Generated description
Dr. Edward Sanders is the protagonist of J. G. Ballard’s science fiction novel "The Crystal World," a physician who journeys into a mysterious African jungle where time and matter are transforming into crystalline forms.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Edward Sanders
Target entity description: Dr. Edward Sanders is the protagonist of J. G. Ballard’s science fiction novel "The Crystal World," a physician who journeys into a mysterious African jungle where time and matter are transforming into crystalline forms.
  • A. Dr. Donald Westphall
    Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
  • B. David Westheimer
    David Westheimer was an American novelist best known for writing the World War II adventure novel that inspired the film "Von Ryan's Express."
  • C. Paul F. Edwards
    Paul F. Edwards is a television and film screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed American Civil War miniseries "North and South."
  • D. Stephen H. Sachs
    Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
  • E. Kenneth Resnick
    Kenneth Resnick is an American professional wrestling announcer best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the 1980s.
  • 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_69d8b90dba6481908e119eb9aa4ca0cb completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e2243de081908a5bcc7e2072eae7 completed April 19, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a039f10036c8190a1537632a19f0e23 completed May 12, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a039febd13881908423ee008d3ba1c3 completed May 12, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03a088b4a0819093720af0308060ee completed May 12, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.