Triple

T23072995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Sandman E575244 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Coppola
Coppola is a sinister, eyeglass-selling figure in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale “The Sandman,” often interpreted as an embodiment or accomplice of the terrifying Sandman myth.
 E1569542 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: Coppola | Statement: [The Sandman, character, Coppola]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Coppola
Context triple: [The Sandman, character, Coppola]
  • A. Coppola
    Coppola is a prominent Italian-American family name most famously associated with the filmmaking dynasty that includes director Francis Ford Coppola and his daughter Sofia Coppola.
  • B. Francis Ford Coppola
    Francis Ford Coppola is an acclaimed American filmmaker and key figure of the New Hollywood movement, best known for directing classics such as The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
  • C. Gian-Carlo Coppola
    Gian-Carlo Coppola was an American film production assistant and aspiring filmmaker, best known as the eldest son of director Francis Ford Coppola who died tragically in a boating accident at a young age.
  • D. Italia Pennino Coppola
    Italia Pennino Coppola was the mother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and a member of the Italian-American Coppola family connected to the arts and entertainment.
  • E. Anton Coppola
    Anton Coppola was an American opera conductor and composer, known for his work with major opera companies and his connections to the prominent Coppola filmmaking family.
  • 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: Coppola
Triple: [The Sandman, character, Coppola]
Generated description
Coppola is a sinister, eyeglass-selling figure in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale “The Sandman,” often interpreted as an embodiment or accomplice of the terrifying Sandman myth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Coppola
Target entity description: Coppola is a sinister, eyeglass-selling figure in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale “The Sandman,” often interpreted as an embodiment or accomplice of the terrifying Sandman myth.
  • A. Coppola
    Coppola is a prominent Italian-American family name most famously associated with the filmmaking dynasty that includes director Francis Ford Coppola and his daughter Sofia Coppola.
  • B. Francis Ford Coppola
    Francis Ford Coppola is an acclaimed American filmmaker and key figure of the New Hollywood movement, best known for directing classics such as The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
  • C. Gian-Carlo Coppola
    Gian-Carlo Coppola was an American film production assistant and aspiring filmmaker, best known as the eldest son of director Francis Ford Coppola who died tragically in a boating accident at a young age.
  • D. Italia Pennino Coppola
    Italia Pennino Coppola was the mother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and a member of the Italian-American Coppola family connected to the arts and entertainment.
  • E. Anton Coppola
    Anton Coppola was an American opera conductor and composer, known for his work with major opera companies and his connections to the prominent Coppola filmmaking family.
  • 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_69e245be28d48190ad1348d5a73db37d completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18c60fa6c81908496f181c7d62033 completed April 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c15a941748190b6c44e4a6e6256e2 completed May 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c1647dc2881909ee6c13b48b71b8d completed May 19, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c187f6eec81909cf9a62835d56391 completed May 19, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:56 p.m.