Triple

T19179064
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manifold: Time E469521 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Cornelius Taine
Cornelius Taine is the central protagonist of Rudy Rucker’s science-fiction novel "The Manifold: Time," a mathematician who explores the implications of advanced physics and cosmology.
E1363408 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: Cornelius Taine | Statement: [Manifold: Time, mainCharacter, Cornelius Taine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Taine
Context triple: [Manifold: Time, mainCharacter, Cornelius Taine]
  • A. Hippolyte Taine
    Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
  • B. William P. Lecky
    William P. Lecky was an architect best known for designing the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • C. Charles Manning Freeman
    Charles Manning Freeman was the husband of American author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, known primarily in relation to her life and literary career.
  • D. Robert Hurrell Froude
    Robert Hurrell Froude was a 19th-century English Anglican priest and theologian associated with the Oxford Movement.
  • E. Philip Toynbee
    Philip Toynbee was a British writer, literary critic, and journalist known for his work at The Observer and his introspective, often experimental novels and memoirs.
  • 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: Cornelius Taine
Triple: [Manifold: Time, mainCharacter, Cornelius Taine]
Generated description
Cornelius Taine is the central protagonist of Rudy Rucker’s science-fiction novel "The Manifold: Time," a mathematician who explores the implications of advanced physics and cosmology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Taine
Target entity description: Cornelius Taine is the central protagonist of Rudy Rucker’s science-fiction novel "The Manifold: Time," a mathematician who explores the implications of advanced physics and cosmology.
  • A. Hippolyte Taine
    Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
  • B. William P. Lecky
    William P. Lecky was an architect best known for designing the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • C. Charles Manning Freeman
    Charles Manning Freeman was the husband of American author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, known primarily in relation to her life and literary career.
  • D. Robert Hurrell Froude
    Robert Hurrell Froude was a 19th-century English Anglican priest and theologian associated with the Oxford Movement.
  • E. Philip Toynbee
    Philip Toynbee was a British writer, literary critic, and journalist known for his work at The Observer and his introspective, often experimental novels and memoirs.
  • 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_69d8dd09d5a081909ae43c286651ae5a completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5f619c60c81909d11489525add829 completed April 20, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f8b247b48190b4056b99a194d775 completed May 15, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06fa3508a081908e76f7f865ca65ce completed May 15, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06fb454edc8190a1489c04bc749852 completed May 15, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:07 p.m.