Triple
T20285584
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Coral Island |
E509866
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
R. M. Ballantyne
R. M. Ballantyne was a 19th-century Scottish author best known for his adventure novels for young readers, particularly set in exotic and colonial locales.
|
E1421966
|
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: R. M. Ballantyne | Statement: [The Coral Island, author, R. M. Ballantyne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. M. Ballantyne Context triple: [The Coral Island, author, R. M. Ballantyne]
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A.
Thomas Mayne Reid
Thomas Mayne Reid was a 19th-century Irish-American novelist best known for his adventure and boys’ books set in the American West and other exotic locales.
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B.
Marcus Clarke
Marcus Clarke was a 19th-century Australian novelist and journalist best known for his classic convict-era novel "For the Term of His Natural Life."
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C.
Charles Nordhoff
Charles Nordhoff was an American writer best known for co-authoring popular adventure novels set in the South Pacific, including the classic Bounty trilogy.
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D.
J. A. Somerby
J. A. Somerby was an American settler and town founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
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E.
James Norman Hall
James Norman Hall was an American author and World War I veteran best known for co-writing the classic historical novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and its sequels.
- 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: R. M. Ballantyne Triple: [The Coral Island, author, R. M. Ballantyne]
Generated description
R. M. Ballantyne was a 19th-century Scottish author best known for his adventure novels for young readers, particularly set in exotic and colonial locales.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. M. Ballantyne Target entity description: R. M. Ballantyne was a 19th-century Scottish author best known for his adventure novels for young readers, particularly set in exotic and colonial locales.
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A.
Thomas Mayne Reid
Thomas Mayne Reid was a 19th-century Irish-American novelist best known for his adventure and boys’ books set in the American West and other exotic locales.
-
B.
Marcus Clarke
Marcus Clarke was a 19th-century Australian novelist and journalist best known for his classic convict-era novel "For the Term of His Natural Life."
-
C.
Charles Nordhoff
Charles Nordhoff was an American writer best known for co-authoring popular adventure novels set in the South Pacific, including the classic Bounty trilogy.
-
D.
J. A. Somerby
J. A. Somerby was an American settler and town founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
-
E.
James Norman Hall
James Norman Hall was an American author and World War I veteran best known for co-writing the classic historical novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and its sequels.
- 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, 11:06 a.m.