Triple

T19470029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lessons E487096 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Roland Baines
Roland Baines is the introspective, often haunted protagonist of Ian McEwan’s novel "Lessons," whose life story traces the impact of personal trauma and historical upheavals across decades.
E1384418 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: Roland Baines | Statement: [Lessons, mainCharacter, Roland Baines]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roland Baines
Context triple: [Lessons, mainCharacter, Roland Baines]
  • A. Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
  • B. Nigel Birch
    Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
  • C. Alan Branscombe
    Alan Branscombe was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist and session musician known for his work on piano, saxophone, and vibraphone in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Colin Brittain
    Colin Brittain is a rock and alternative music producer known for his work with contemporary bands and artists across the modern rock scene.
  • E. Alistair Burt
    Alistair Burt is a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held various ministerial roles, including in the Foreign Office.
  • 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: Roland Baines
Triple: [Lessons, mainCharacter, Roland Baines]
Generated description
Roland Baines is the introspective, often haunted protagonist of Ian McEwan’s novel "Lessons," whose life story traces the impact of personal trauma and historical upheavals across decades.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roland Baines
Target entity description: Roland Baines is the introspective, often haunted protagonist of Ian McEwan’s novel "Lessons," whose life story traces the impact of personal trauma and historical upheavals across decades.
  • A. Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
  • B. Nigel Birch
    Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
  • C. Alan Branscombe
    Alan Branscombe was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist and session musician known for his work on piano, saxophone, and vibraphone in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Colin Brittain
    Colin Brittain is a rock and alternative music producer known for his work with contemporary bands and artists across the modern rock scene.
  • E. Alistair Burt
    Alistair Burt is a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held various ministerial roles, including in the Foreign Office.
  • 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_6a075efac0a88190872d74e01c2fcf41 completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a075fbe27a081909c6869abfdfb6079 completed May 15, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07608dfcb481908833ecb65c10b96b completed May 15, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.