Triple
T19469831
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Child in Time |
E487091
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thelma Darke
Thelma Darke is a character in Ian McEwan’s novel *The Child in Time*, notable for her complex, often unsettling presence within the book’s exploration of loss, time, and psychological disintegration.
|
E1378872
|
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: Thelma Darke | Statement: [The Child in Time, character, Thelma Darke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thelma Darke Context triple: [The Child in Time, character, Thelma Darke]
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A.
Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow is an English actress best known for her long-running role as Mavis Wilton on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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B.
Aimée Thanatogenos
Aimée Thanatogenos is a naive and idealistic young cosmetician at a Los Angeles funeral home in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "The Loved One."
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C.
Joanna Dark
Joanna Dark is a highly skilled secret agent and the protagonist of the sci-fi stealth shooter video game franchise Perfect Dark.
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D.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman is an American actress best known for her leading roles opposite Elvis Presley in early 1960s films.
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E.
Clea
Clea is a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension in Marvel Comics, best known as Doctor Strange’s longtime companion, disciple, and eventual Sorcerer Supreme.
- 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: Thelma Darke Triple: [The Child in Time, character, Thelma Darke]
Generated description
Thelma Darke is a character in Ian McEwan’s novel *The Child in Time*, notable for her complex, often unsettling presence within the book’s exploration of loss, time, and psychological disintegration.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thelma Darke Target entity description: Thelma Darke is a character in Ian McEwan’s novel *The Child in Time*, notable for her complex, often unsettling presence within the book’s exploration of loss, time, and psychological disintegration.
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A.
Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow is an English actress best known for her long-running role as Mavis Wilton on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
-
B.
Aimée Thanatogenos
Aimée Thanatogenos is a naive and idealistic young cosmetician at a Los Angeles funeral home in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "The Loved One."
-
C.
Joanna Dark
Joanna Dark is a highly skilled secret agent and the protagonist of the sci-fi stealth shooter video game franchise Perfect Dark.
-
D.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman is an American actress best known for her leading roles opposite Elvis Presley in early 1960s films.
-
E.
Clea
Clea is a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension in Marvel Comics, best known as Doctor Strange’s longtime companion, disciple, and eventual Sorcerer Supreme.
- 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_6a07404dfcb881909ed1a7ac20b6461e |
completed | May 15, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0740ff37fc81908e68db633223fb9c |
completed | May 15, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07424880e08190a582da18e3a6af19 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 3:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.