Triple

T19754968
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cryptonomicon E474478 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Goto Dengo
Goto Dengo is a Japanese engineer and soldier whose harrowing experiences in World War II and involvement with hidden wartime gold form a central narrative thread in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
E1394760 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: Goto Dengo | Statement: [Cryptonomicon, mainCharacter, Goto Dengo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goto Dengo
Context triple: [Cryptonomicon, mainCharacter, Goto Dengo]
  • A. Satoru Kamegai
    Satoru Kamegai was a Japanese parasitologist best known for establishing Tokyo’s Meguro Parasitological Museum, a unique institution dedicated to the study and public display of parasites.
  • B. Akio
    Akio is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in business, arts, and entertainment.
  • C. Shizuo
    Shizuo is a Japanese masculine given name borne by several notable figures, including mathematicians and artists.
  • D. Tadashi Hattori
    Tadashi Hattori was a Japanese composer and conductor known for his film scores and contributions to early Japanese cinema and orchestral music.
  • E. Takanobu Okabe
    Takanobu Okabe is a Japanese ski jumper and Olympic medalist known for his long, successful career on the World Cup circuit.
  • 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: Goto Dengo
Triple: [Cryptonomicon, mainCharacter, Goto Dengo]
Generated description
Goto Dengo is a Japanese engineer and soldier whose harrowing experiences in World War II and involvement with hidden wartime gold form a central narrative thread in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goto Dengo
Target entity description: Goto Dengo is a Japanese engineer and soldier whose harrowing experiences in World War II and involvement with hidden wartime gold form a central narrative thread in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
  • A. Satoru Kamegai
    Satoru Kamegai was a Japanese parasitologist best known for establishing Tokyo’s Meguro Parasitological Museum, a unique institution dedicated to the study and public display of parasites.
  • B. Akio
    Akio is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in business, arts, and entertainment.
  • C. Shizuo
    Shizuo is a Japanese masculine given name borne by several notable figures, including mathematicians and artists.
  • D. Tadashi Hattori
    Tadashi Hattori was a Japanese composer and conductor known for his film scores and contributions to early Japanese cinema and orchestral music.
  • E. Takanobu Okabe
    Takanobu Okabe is a Japanese ski jumper and Olympic medalist known for his long, successful career on the World Cup circuit.
  • 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6529dada081909c5b4d65247c6032 completed April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07bd67064081908839a408b0e746e1 completed May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07bde28e848190aaa9c4a06b31bdb6 completed May 16, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07bed4c8d8819094fafce7eee69ee7 completed May 16, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.