Triple

T20928453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elizabeth Costello E515405 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object John Costello
John Costello is a fictional character appearing in J. M. Coetzee’s novel "Elizabeth Costello," connected to the life and reflections of the titular writer.
E1480009 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: John Costello | Statement: [Elizabeth Costello, hasCharacter, John Costello]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Costello
Context triple: [Elizabeth Costello, hasCharacter, John Costello]
  • A. Arthur O'Connell
    Arthur O'Connell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and stage productions, often portraying kindly or world-weary older men.
  • B. Dean Boland
    Dean Boland is a fictional character, a suburban husband and father entangled in crime and financial troubles on the dark comedy TV series "Good Girls."
  • C. John A. Costello
    John A. Costello was an Irish Fine Gael politician and barrister who served as Taoiseach in two inter-party coalition governments in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Bill O'Herlihy
    Bill O'Herlihy was a prominent Irish sports broadcaster and television presenter best known for his long career covering major football tournaments for RTÉ.
  • E. Gerald Boland
    Gerald Boland was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and long-serving Teachta Dála who held several key ministerial posts in the mid-20th century, including responsibility for Ireland’s internal security during World War II.
  • 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: John Costello
Triple: [Elizabeth Costello, hasCharacter, John Costello]
Generated description
John Costello is a fictional character appearing in J. M. Coetzee’s novel "Elizabeth Costello," connected to the life and reflections of the titular writer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Costello
Target entity description: John Costello is a fictional character appearing in J. M. Coetzee’s novel "Elizabeth Costello," connected to the life and reflections of the titular writer.
  • A. Arthur O'Connell
    Arthur O'Connell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and stage productions, often portraying kindly or world-weary older men.
  • B. Dean Boland
    Dean Boland is a fictional character, a suburban husband and father entangled in crime and financial troubles on the dark comedy TV series "Good Girls."
  • C. John A. Costello
    John A. Costello was an Irish Fine Gael politician and barrister who served as Taoiseach in two inter-party coalition governments in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Bill O'Herlihy
    Bill O'Herlihy was a prominent Irish sports broadcaster and television presenter best known for his long career covering major football tournaments for RTÉ.
  • E. Gerald Boland
    Gerald Boland was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and long-serving Teachta Dála who held several key ministerial posts in the mid-20th century, including responsibility for Ireland’s internal security during World War II.
  • 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_69e0b4fb431c8190b9d40e6a72f0cc87 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6f653a25c8190adb46f5d764afba7 completed April 21, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09ad4974688190a52fdccad3a29089 completed May 17, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09ae3744588190877e88dd38a80ebd completed May 17, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09af2184808190b42b5073e90bd83d completed May 17, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:49 p.m.