Triple

T21273693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quincas Borba E524331 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Quincas Borba (character)
Quincas Borba (character) is a philosophical and eccentric figure created by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, known for embodying the satirical doctrine of "Humanitism" in the novel that bears his name.
 E1474913 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: Quincas Borba (character) | Statement: [Quincas Borba, mainCharacter, Quincas Borba (character)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Quincas Borba (character)
Context triple: [Quincas Borba, mainCharacter, Quincas Borba (character)]
  • A. José Carioca
    José Carioca is a Brazilian parrot character created by Disney, best known as one of the Three Caballeros alongside Donald Duck and Panchito Pistoles.
  • B. Senhor Juarroz
    Senhor Juarroz is a philosophical and experimental novel by Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares, known for its fragmented reflections on existence, language, and everyday absurdity.
  • C. Chico Fininho
    "Chico Fininho" is a landmark Portuguese rock song by Rui Veloso, widely regarded as one of the defining tracks of modern Portuguese popular music.
  • D. Caranqui
    Caranqui is an extinct indigenous language of the northern Andes in Ecuador, historically spoken by the Caranqui people and classified within the Barbacoan language family.
  • E. Sílvio
    Sílvio is a masculine given name of Portuguese origin, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
  • 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: Quincas Borba (character)
Triple: [Quincas Borba, mainCharacter, Quincas Borba (character)]
Generated description
Quincas Borba (character) is a philosophical and eccentric figure created by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, known for embodying the satirical doctrine of "Humanitism" in the novel that bears his name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Quincas Borba (character)
Target entity description: Quincas Borba (character) is a philosophical and eccentric figure created by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, known for embodying the satirical doctrine of "Humanitism" in the novel that bears his name.
  • A. José Carioca
    José Carioca is a Brazilian parrot character created by Disney, best known as one of the Three Caballeros alongside Donald Duck and Panchito Pistoles.
  • B. Senhor Juarroz
    Senhor Juarroz is a philosophical and experimental novel by Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares, known for its fragmented reflections on existence, language, and everyday absurdity.
  • C. Chico Fininho
    "Chico Fininho" is a landmark Portuguese rock song by Rui Veloso, widely regarded as one of the defining tracks of modern Portuguese popular music.
  • D. Caranqui
    Caranqui is an extinct indigenous language of the northern Andes in Ecuador, historically spoken by the Caranqui people and classified within the Barbacoan language family.
  • E. Sílvio
    Sílvio is a masculine given name of Portuguese origin, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
  • 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_69e0b516293c819089458ea2ec85f85e completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e73655717c819092f71ed1920f52b5 completed April 21, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a099006e7c081908aceb2a0574de81e completed May 17, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0990b9b7c8819094f7db294c2e573d completed May 17, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0991cdf6408190a590d8907f2fe880 completed May 17, 2026, 10 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:01 p.m.