Triple

T20524630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hrethel E503902 entity
Predicate workAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet
The anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet is the unknown early medieval author of the epic poem Beowulf, a foundational work of Old English literature.
E1435937 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: anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet | Statement: [Hrethel, workAuthor, anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet
Context triple: [Hrethel, workAuthor, anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet]
  • A. Ceolwulf of Northumbria
    Ceolwulf of Northumbria was an early 8th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, noted as a pious ruler and patron of learning who later abdicated to become a monk.
  • B. The Gawain Poet
    The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.
  • C. Beowulf: Prince of the Geats
    Beowulf: Prince of the Geats is a 1991 low-budget American fantasy film that offers a modern, post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Old English epic hero Beowulf.
  • D. Beowulf
    Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.
  • E. Beowulf: The Hero of Geatland
    Beowulf: The Hero of Geatland is a film adaptation of the Old English epic poem, focusing on the legendary warrior Beowulf’s battles against monstrous foes.
  • 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: anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet
Triple: [Hrethel, workAuthor, anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet]
Generated description
The anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet is the unknown early medieval author of the epic poem Beowulf, a foundational work of Old English literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet
Target entity description: The anonymous Old English poet traditionally called the Beowulf-poet is the unknown early medieval author of the epic poem Beowulf, a foundational work of Old English literature.
  • A. Ceolwulf of Northumbria
    Ceolwulf of Northumbria was an early 8th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, noted as a pious ruler and patron of learning who later abdicated to become a monk.
  • B. The Gawain Poet
    The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.
  • C. Beowulf: Prince of the Geats
    Beowulf: Prince of the Geats is a 1991 low-budget American fantasy film that offers a modern, post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Old English epic hero Beowulf.
  • D. Beowulf
    Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.
  • E. Beowulf: The Hero of Geatland
    Beowulf: The Hero of Geatland is a film adaptation of the Old English epic poem, focusing on the legendary warrior Beowulf’s battles against monstrous foes.
  • 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_69e0b4b3a6e08190ae663701f50fab8e completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e69f48691c8190af0ac959e92e10d9 completed April 20, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a089d43c6588190a4be58521ca67698 completed May 16, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089e00cde081908dca3893f03e3398 completed May 16, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a089e8a05488190b3470f4ffb5927ce completed May 16, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:37 a.m.