Triple

T19754972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cryptonomicon E474478 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Doug Shaftoe
Doug Shaftoe is a fictional former U.S. Marine and skilled underwater engineer and diver featured prominently in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
 E1394763 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: Doug Shaftoe | Statement: [Cryptonomicon, mainCharacter, Doug Shaftoe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Doug Shaftoe
Context triple: [Cryptonomicon, mainCharacter, Doug Shaftoe]
  • A. Philip Voyzey
    Philip Voyzey was an actor who appeared in the classic 1950 film "All About Eve."
  • B. Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen was a British character actor best known for his recurring role as the Minister of Defence in the James Bond film series.
  • C. Cecil Dreeme
    Cecil Dreeme is a 19th-century American novel by Theodore Winthrop, noted for its Gothic elements and early exploration of gender and identity themes.
  • D. Eustace Bagge
    Eustace Bagge is the grumpy, elderly farmer and frequent antagonist figure in the animated series "Courage the Cowardly Dog," known for his mistreatment of Courage and his catchphrase "Stupid dog!"
  • E. Ralph Stackpole
    Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
  • 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: Doug Shaftoe
Triple: [Cryptonomicon, mainCharacter, Doug Shaftoe]
Generated description
Doug Shaftoe is a fictional former U.S. Marine and skilled underwater engineer and diver featured prominently in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Doug Shaftoe
Target entity description: Doug Shaftoe is a fictional former U.S. Marine and skilled underwater engineer and diver featured prominently in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
  • A. Philip Voyzey
    Philip Voyzey was an actor who appeared in the classic 1950 film "All About Eve."
  • B. Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen was a British character actor best known for his recurring role as the Minister of Defence in the James Bond film series.
  • C. Cecil Dreeme
    Cecil Dreeme is a 19th-century American novel by Theodore Winthrop, noted for its Gothic elements and early exploration of gender and identity themes.
  • D. Eustace Bagge
    Eustace Bagge is the grumpy, elderly farmer and frequent antagonist figure in the animated series "Courage the Cowardly Dog," known for his mistreatment of Courage and his catchphrase "Stupid dog!"
  • E. Ralph Stackpole
    Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
  • 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.