Triple

T19858498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Banville E477197 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Doctor Copernicus
Doctor Copernicus is a historical novel by John Banville that fictionalizes the life and intellectual struggles of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
E1398161 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: Doctor Copernicus | Statement: [John Banville, notableWork, Doctor Copernicus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Copernicus
Context triple: [John Banville, notableWork, Doctor Copernicus]
  • A. Coperni
    Coperni is a contemporary Paris-based fashion label known for its innovative, tech-influenced designs and viral runway moments.
  • B. Doctor Apostolicus
    Doctor Apostolicus is the honorary title given to St. Lawrence of Brindisi, a renowned Capuchin friar and Doctor of the Church celebrated for his powerful preaching and missionary work.
  • C. Copernicus
    Copernicus is the European Union’s flagship Earth observation programme that uses satellites and ground-based systems to monitor and provide data on the planet’s environment, climate, and security.
  • D. Nicolaus
    Nicolaus is a small unincorporated community in Sutter County, California, located near the Feather River in the Sacramento Valley.
  • E. Nicolaus
    Nicolaus is a Latin given name of Greek origin, historically borne by various religious figures, scholars, and notable individuals across Europe.
  • 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: Doctor Copernicus
Triple: [John Banville, notableWork, Doctor Copernicus]
Generated description
Doctor Copernicus is a historical novel by John Banville that fictionalizes the life and intellectual struggles of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Copernicus
Target entity description: Doctor Copernicus is a historical novel by John Banville that fictionalizes the life and intellectual struggles of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
  • A. Coperni
    Coperni is a contemporary Paris-based fashion label known for its innovative, tech-influenced designs and viral runway moments.
  • B. Doctor Apostolicus
    Doctor Apostolicus is the honorary title given to St. Lawrence of Brindisi, a renowned Capuchin friar and Doctor of the Church celebrated for his powerful preaching and missionary work.
  • C. Copernicus
    Copernicus is the European Union’s flagship Earth observation programme that uses satellites and ground-based systems to monitor and provide data on the planet’s environment, climate, and security.
  • D. Nicolaus
    Nicolaus is a small unincorporated community in Sutter County, California, located near the Feather River in the Sacramento Valley.
  • E. Nicolaus
    Nicolaus is a Latin given name of Greek origin, historically borne by various religious figures, scholars, and notable individuals across Europe.
  • 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_69d8e51e7d948190aedbcd6c30361c39 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6586dbbf0819089e7157d416aeaaf completed April 20, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d445b4c481908a444d5047b3e403 completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d50359f08190bafa8865168ee0b4 completed May 16, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d5d7c4bc8190ab189fa556a956d7 completed May 16, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.