Triple
T20285127
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Darkness Visible |
E509855
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sim Goodchild
Sim Goodchild is a fictional character from William Styron’s memoir-novel "Darkness Visible," which explores his struggle with clinical depression.
|
E1421945
|
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: Sim Goodchild | Statement: [Darkness Visible, hasCharacter, Sim Goodchild]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sim Goodchild Context triple: [Darkness Visible, hasCharacter, Sim Goodchild]
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A.
Charlie Simms
Charlie Simms is the conscientious and financially struggling prep-school student who serves as the moral center and primary protagonist alongside Al Pacino’s character in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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B.
John Grandy
John Grandy was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become a leading commander of British fighter forces during and after the Second World War.
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C.
Sam McCloud
Sam McCloud is a fictional deputy marshal from Taos, New Mexico, who stars as a fish-out-of-water lawman solving crimes in New York City in the 1970s television series "McCloud."
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D.
Charles Hudson
Charles Hudson was a 19th-century British mountaineer and Anglican clergyman known for his pioneering ascents in the Alps.
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E.
Dan Osborn
Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
- 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: Sim Goodchild Triple: [Darkness Visible, hasCharacter, Sim Goodchild]
Generated description
Sim Goodchild is a fictional character from William Styron’s memoir-novel "Darkness Visible," which explores his struggle with clinical depression.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sim Goodchild Target entity description: Sim Goodchild is a fictional character from William Styron’s memoir-novel "Darkness Visible," which explores his struggle with clinical depression.
-
A.
Charlie Simms
Charlie Simms is the conscientious and financially struggling prep-school student who serves as the moral center and primary protagonist alongside Al Pacino’s character in the film "Scent of a Woman."
-
B.
John Grandy
John Grandy was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become a leading commander of British fighter forces during and after the Second World War.
-
C.
Sam McCloud
Sam McCloud is a fictional deputy marshal from Taos, New Mexico, who stars as a fish-out-of-water lawman solving crimes in New York City in the 1970s television series "McCloud."
-
D.
Charles Hudson
Charles Hudson was a 19th-century British mountaineer and Anglican clergyman known for his pioneering ascents in the Alps.
-
E.
Dan Osborn
Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
- 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_69e0b4c652388190b782cad965e5a098 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e676924f48819095f6224c8d9bb257 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a085a29ed8c81909aa24d25b102eb0a |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a085ab05b708190b69aaeb43aca664e |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a085b505a0481909e3f54868b732fc8 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:05 a.m.