Triple

T19469644
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Comfort of Strangers E487087 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Mary
Mary is a central fictional character in Ian McEwan’s unsettling novel "The Comfort of Strangers," whose relationship and experiences drive much of the story’s psychological tension.
E1377887 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: Mary | Statement: [The Comfort of Strangers, mainCharacter, Mary]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary
Context triple: [The Comfort of Strangers, mainCharacter, Mary]
  • A. Mary
    Mary is the middle name of Edith Tolkien, the wife of author J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • B. Mary
    Mary is the birth name of American actress, comedian, and writer Lily Tomlin, known for her groundbreaking work in television, film, and theater.
  • C. Mary
    Mary is the given name of the American stage and film actress Josephine Hull, known for her roles in classic mid-20th-century theater and cinema.
  • D. Mary
    Mary is a character in the "Tunnel community" setting, known as one of the individuals living within its underground society.
  • E. Mary
    Mary is the given first name of American actress, author, and radio host Marilu Henner.
  • 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: Mary
Triple: [The Comfort of Strangers, mainCharacter, Mary]
Generated description
Mary is a central fictional character in Ian McEwan’s unsettling novel "The Comfort of Strangers," whose relationship and experiences drive much of the story’s psychological tension.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary
Target entity description: Mary is a central fictional character in Ian McEwan’s unsettling novel "The Comfort of Strangers," whose relationship and experiences drive much of the story’s psychological tension.
  • A. Mary
    Mary is a central character in the British drama film "Another Year," portrayed as a lonely, emotionally fragile woman whose struggles with aging and relationships contrast with the stability of her friends.
  • B. Mary
    Mary is the central protagonist of the play "The Memory of Water," around whom the story’s emotional and familial conflicts revolve.
  • C. Mary
    Mary is a 1927 psychological novel by Vladimir Nabokov that explores memory, exile, and lost love through the reflections of a Russian émigré in Berlin.
  • D. Mary
    Mary is a fictional character in B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," representing one of the community’s young members shaped by its behaviorist social principles.
  • E. Mary
    Mary is a central character in the romantic comedy film "About Time," known for her warm, quirky personality and her relationship with the time-traveling protagonist.
  • 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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e633e6fd988190b79be580b65746fe completed April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a074047fcbc81908c969f0690300b57 completed May 15, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07410d92708190b376e646a0ec8e74 completed May 15, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0741873b108190b540b0ae6b6b55d3 completed May 15, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.