Triple

T20954394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Weep Not, Child E516061 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Mr Howlands
Mr Howlands is a white colonial landowner and symbol of oppressive authority in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novel "Weep Not, Child."
E1459548 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: Mr Howlands | Statement: [Weep Not, Child, hasCharacter, Mr Howlands]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr Howlands
Context triple: [Weep Not, Child, hasCharacter, Mr Howlands]
  • A. Richard Pierce Havens
    Richard Pierce Havens was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his soulful, improvisational performance that opened the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
  • B. Carl Hovey
    Carl Hovey was an American magazine editor and writer active in the early 20th century, known for his work in literary and popular periodicals.
  • C. John Havens
    John Havens is an American businessman and former Citigroup executive who co-founded the investment firm Old Lane Partners.
  • D. John Frank
    John Frank was a member of The Revuers, a 1930s–40s New York theatrical revue troupe known for its sophisticated comedy and musical performances.
  • E. Arthur Winslow
    Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
  • 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: Mr Howlands
Triple: [Weep Not, Child, hasCharacter, Mr Howlands]
Generated description
Mr Howlands is a white colonial landowner and symbol of oppressive authority in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novel "Weep Not, Child."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr Howlands
Target entity description: Mr Howlands is a white colonial landowner and symbol of oppressive authority in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novel "Weep Not, Child."
  • A. Richard Pierce Havens
    Richard Pierce Havens was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his soulful, improvisational performance that opened the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
  • B. Carl Hovey
    Carl Hovey was an American magazine editor and writer active in the early 20th century, known for his work in literary and popular periodicals.
  • C. John Havens
    John Havens is an American businessman and former Citigroup executive who co-founded the investment firm Old Lane Partners.
  • D. John Frank
    John Frank was a member of The Revuers, a 1930s–40s New York theatrical revue troupe known for its sophisticated comedy and musical performances.
  • E. Arthur Winslow
    Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
  • 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_69e0b4fcd678819087a304291f14330a completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fae154a481909f235165a46d0910 completed April 21, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0927926a4881908a3aa2a088c2b2e1 completed May 17, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0929b7db588190825b4c8b3aeacd6e completed May 17, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a092a2cd49c8190a9ee196d62d1bb1c completed May 17, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:28 p.m.