Triple

T19882025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nestor (Ulysses episode) E477797 entity
Predicate containsCharacter P5716 FINISHED
Object Cyril Sargent
Cyril Sargent is a minor schoolboy character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," appearing in the "Nestor" episode as one of Stephen Dedalus’s pupils.
E1412978 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: Cyril Sargent | Statement: [Nestor (Ulysses episode), containsCharacter, Cyril Sargent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyril Sargent
Context triple: [Nestor (Ulysses episode), containsCharacter, Cyril Sargent]
  • A. Cyril S. Smith
    Cyril S. Smith was a prominent American metallurgist and materials scientist known for his key role in the Manhattan Project and his influential work on the structure and history of metals.
  • B. Cyril Mardall
    Cyril Mardall was an architect known for his work on major cultural venues, including the design of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
  • C. Cyril Osborne
    Cyril Osborne was a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held a junior ministerial role in the UK government dealing with Commonwealth affairs in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Cyril Beardsall
    Cyril Beardsall is the introspective, artistically inclined narrator and central figure of D. H. Lawrence’s novel "The White Peacock," through whose perspective the story’s emotional and social tensions are explored.
  • E. Cyril Raymond
    Cyril Raymond was a British character actor best known for his supporting role as Laura Jesson's devoted husband in the classic film "Brief Encounter."
  • 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: Cyril Sargent
Triple: [Nestor (Ulysses episode), containsCharacter, Cyril Sargent]
Generated description
Cyril Sargent is a minor schoolboy character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," appearing in the "Nestor" episode as one of Stephen Dedalus’s pupils.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyril Sargent
Target entity description: Cyril Sargent is a minor schoolboy character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," appearing in the "Nestor" episode as one of Stephen Dedalus’s pupils.
  • A. Cyril S. Smith
    Cyril S. Smith was a prominent American metallurgist and materials scientist known for his key role in the Manhattan Project and his influential work on the structure and history of metals.
  • B. Cyril Mardall
    Cyril Mardall was an architect known for his work on major cultural venues, including the design of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
  • C. Cyril Osborne
    Cyril Osborne was a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held a junior ministerial role in the UK government dealing with Commonwealth affairs in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Cyril Beardsall
    Cyril Beardsall is the introspective, artistically inclined narrator and central figure of D. H. Lawrence’s novel "The White Peacock," through whose perspective the story’s emotional and social tensions are explored.
  • E. Cyril Raymond
    Cyril Raymond was a British character actor best known for his supporting role as Laura Jesson's devoted husband in the classic film "Brief Encounter."
  • 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_69d8e51f32b08190b3687f4f60353250 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e658df3f5c81909b5b290de91b8d50 completed April 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a082dc37e748190a7f4b687c1bedfd0 completed May 16, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a082f4d701c8190867449f6714cfa66 completed May 16, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a082faf0ca48190a498079bda6fb96f completed May 16, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.