Triple

T18855256
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Darkling Child E461154 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Arcannen
Arcannen is a powerful and morally ambiguous sorcerer from Terry Brooks' Shannara universe, known for his cunning, ambition, and recurring role in the Defenders of Shannara series.
E1345119 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: Arcannen | Statement: [The Darkling Child, mainCharacter, Arcannen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arcannen
Context triple: [The Darkling Child, mainCharacter, Arcannen]
  • A. Archanes
    Archanes is a historic town in central Crete, Greece, known for its Minoan archaeological sites, traditional architecture, and local wine production.
  • B. An-Nar
    An-Nar is the Islamic term for the tormenting fire of Hell, described in the Qur’an and Hadith as the place of severe punishment for disbelievers and evildoers in the hereafter.
  • C. Ánir
    Ánir is a small coastal village located on the island of Borðoy in the Faroe Islands.
  • D. the Arc
    The Arc is the commonly used shorthand name for the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, one of the world’s most important flat horse races held annually in Paris.
  • E. Artanes
    Artanes was a lesser-known member of the Achaemenid Persian royal family, traditionally identified as a son of Hystaspes and thus a brother of King Darius I.
  • 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: Arcannen
Triple: [The Darkling Child, mainCharacter, Arcannen]
Generated description
Arcannen is a powerful and morally ambiguous sorcerer from Terry Brooks' Shannara universe, known for his cunning, ambition, and recurring role in the Defenders of Shannara series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arcannen
Target entity description: Arcannen is a powerful and morally ambiguous sorcerer from Terry Brooks' Shannara universe, known for his cunning, ambition, and recurring role in the Defenders of Shannara series.
  • A. Archanes
    Archanes is a historic town in central Crete, Greece, known for its Minoan archaeological sites, traditional architecture, and local wine production.
  • B. An-Nar
    An-Nar is the Islamic term for the tormenting fire of Hell, described in the Qur’an and Hadith as the place of severe punishment for disbelievers and evildoers in the hereafter.
  • C. Ánir
    Ánir is a small coastal village located on the island of Borðoy in the Faroe Islands.
  • D. the Arc
    The Arc is the commonly used shorthand name for the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, one of the world’s most important flat horse races held annually in Paris.
  • E. Artanes
    Artanes was a lesser-known member of the Achaemenid Persian royal family, traditionally identified as a son of Hystaspes and thus a brother of King Darius I.
  • 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_69d8dcfb7b9c8190854e7b171b98ea2e completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5c05c16e88190a08b6a8b94e1c9f9 completed April 20, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05677b705c81908bdf6a7bbbb67277 completed May 14, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05691c2e8c81908ec65273d8e2f7bd completed May 14, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0569a782c08190b7b09f2926160bbf completed May 14, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:57 a.m.