Triple

T19582807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stranger in a Strange Land E490037 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Ben Caxton
Ben Caxton is a skeptical, hard-nosed journalist in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel "Stranger in a Strange Land," who becomes an early ally and investigator of the mysterious Martian-raised protagonist.
E1385706 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: Ben Caxton | Statement: [Stranger in a Strange Land, mainCharacter, Ben Caxton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Caxton
Context triple: [Stranger in a Strange Land, mainCharacter, Ben Caxton]
  • A. William Caxton
    William Caxton was a 15th-century English merchant, diplomat, and printer best known for introducing the printing press to England and producing some of the first books printed in English.
  • B. Pisistratus Caxton
    Pisistratus Caxton is the thoughtful, observant narrator and central figure of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Victorian novel "The Caxtons," through whose eyes the family’s story is told.
  • C. William Gatacre
    William Gatacre was a British Army general noted for his service in late 19th-century colonial campaigns, particularly in the Sudan and the Second Boer War.
  • D. Austin Caxton
    Austin Caxton is a central fictional character in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel "The Caxtons," around whom much of the family-centered narrative revolves.
  • E. Richard Grafton
    Richard Grafton was a 16th-century English printer and publisher best known for producing early English Bibles and serving as the king’s printer under Edward VI.
  • 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: Ben Caxton
Triple: [Stranger in a Strange Land, mainCharacter, Ben Caxton]
Generated description
Ben Caxton is a skeptical, hard-nosed journalist in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel "Stranger in a Strange Land," who becomes an early ally and investigator of the mysterious Martian-raised protagonist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Caxton
Target entity description: Ben Caxton is a skeptical, hard-nosed journalist in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel "Stranger in a Strange Land," who becomes an early ally and investigator of the mysterious Martian-raised protagonist.
  • A. William Caxton
    William Caxton was a 15th-century English merchant, diplomat, and printer best known for introducing the printing press to England and producing some of the first books printed in English.
  • B. Pisistratus Caxton
    Pisistratus Caxton is the thoughtful, observant narrator and central figure of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Victorian novel "The Caxtons," through whose eyes the family’s story is told.
  • C. William Gatacre
    William Gatacre was a British Army general noted for his service in late 19th-century colonial campaigns, particularly in the Sudan and the Second Boer War.
  • D. Austin Caxton
    Austin Caxton is a central fictional character in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel "The Caxtons," around whom much of the family-centered narrative revolves.
  • E. Richard Grafton
    Richard Grafton was a 16th-century English printer and publisher best known for producing early English Bibles and serving as the king’s printer under Edward VI.
  • 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6404e18f88190b7fec59499dd25e8 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f0f48b88190874f8cada3ed053d completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07601bb12c81909faab959182b1863 completed May 15, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07613541688190821fd97e069691a5 completed May 15, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.