Triple

T18498550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Stone Angel E452007 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object John Shipley
John Shipley is a character in Margaret Laurence’s novel "The Stone Angel," serving as Hagar Shipley’s son and a key figure in her later-life struggles and reflections.
 E1334540 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: John Shipley | Statement: [The Stone Angel, hasCharacter, John Shipley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Shipley
Context triple: [The Stone Angel, hasCharacter, John Shipley]
  • A. John Stites
    John Stites was a notable individual interred at Louisville, Kentucky’s historic Cave Hill Cemetery, recognized among its distinguished burials.
  • B. John Reynolds
    John Reynolds was an English Puritan theologian and scholar of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known for his role in initiating the King James Bible translation.
  • C. John Reynolds
    John Reynolds is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television series like "Search Party" and "Stranger Things" as well as various independent films.
  • D. John Reynolds
    John Reynolds was a colonial-era British official who served as a royal governor of the Province of Georgia in North America.
  • E. Jim McKelvey
    Jim McKelvey is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the financial technology company Square (now Block, Inc.), as well as a philanthropist and author.
  • 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: John Shipley
Triple: [The Stone Angel, hasCharacter, John Shipley]
Generated description
John Shipley is a character in Margaret Laurence’s novel "The Stone Angel," serving as Hagar Shipley’s son and a key figure in her later-life struggles and reflections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Shipley
Target entity description: John Shipley is a character in Margaret Laurence’s novel "The Stone Angel," serving as Hagar Shipley’s son and a key figure in her later-life struggles and reflections.
  • A. John Stites
    John Stites was a notable individual interred at Louisville, Kentucky’s historic Cave Hill Cemetery, recognized among its distinguished burials.
  • B. John Reynolds
    John Reynolds was an English Puritan theologian and scholar of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known for his role in initiating the King James Bible translation.
  • C. John Reynolds
    John Reynolds is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television series like "Search Party" and "Stranger Things" as well as various independent films.
  • D. John Reynolds
    John Reynolds was a colonial-era British official who served as a royal governor of the Province of Georgia in North America.
  • E. Jim McKelvey
    Jim McKelvey is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the financial technology company Square (now Block, Inc.), as well as a philanthropist and author.
  • 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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e532c275388190aafe891d0202f82e completed April 19, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a050d65f8448190a2d40dd1f6db71b2 completed May 13, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a050f418b308190ac312b3064f6ec44 completed May 13, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a050f8e4ec08190b51b9d359b854b32 completed May 13, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.