Triple

T20387727
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Memoirs of a Geisha E498000 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Sayuri
Sayuri is the fictional Japanese girl who becomes a renowned geisha and narrator of the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha," chronicling her journey from poverty to the elite world of Kyoto’s geisha district.
 E1533339 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: Sayuri | Statement: [Memoirs of a Geisha, mainCharacter, Sayuri]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sayuri
Context triple: [Memoirs of a Geisha, mainCharacter, Sayuri]
  • A. Takako Shirai
    Takako Shirai is a Japanese singer-songwriter known for her work in pop and rock music since the late 1970s.
  • B. Yuzuriha
    Yuzuriha is an evergreen tree commonly used in Japan as a symbolic plant, notably serving as the official tree emblem of Kōchi Prefecture.
  • C. Yukari Tamura
    Yukari Tamura is a popular Japanese voice actress and singer known for her work in anime and J-pop, often performing theme songs for various series.
  • D. Naoko
    Naoko is a central, emotionally fragile character in Haruki Murakami’s story "Norwegian Wood," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, loss, and mental illness.
  • E. Ayako
    Ayako is a Japanese feminine given name commonly used for women and girls in Japan.
  • 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: Sayuri
Triple: [Memoirs of a Geisha, mainCharacter, Sayuri]
Generated description
Sayuri is the fictional Japanese girl who becomes a renowned geisha and narrator of the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha," chronicling her journey from poverty to the elite world of Kyoto’s geisha district.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sayuri
Target entity description: Sayuri is the fictional Japanese girl who becomes a renowned geisha and narrator of the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha," chronicling her journey from poverty to the elite world of Kyoto’s geisha district.
  • A. Takako Shirai
    Takako Shirai is a Japanese singer-songwriter known for her work in pop and rock music since the late 1970s.
  • B. Yuzuriha
    Yuzuriha is an evergreen tree commonly used in Japan as a symbolic plant, notably serving as the official tree emblem of Kōchi Prefecture.
  • C. Yukari Tamura
    Yukari Tamura is a popular Japanese voice actress and singer known for her work in anime and J-pop, often performing theme songs for various series.
  • D. Naoko
    Naoko is a central, emotionally fragile character in Haruki Murakami’s story "Norwegian Wood," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, loss, and mental illness.
  • E. Ayako
    Ayako is a Japanese feminine given name commonly used for women and girls in Japan.
  • 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6790c935881908f901d058e6a83a9 completed April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ae99b7ec48190b3ddfe3bf61ab8fb completed May 18, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0aea2e16f881909311d0ad4694a7df completed May 18, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aeabfc9a08190b7eefb232ac07ed8 completed May 18, 2026, 10:32 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.