Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alicia Western E1011907 entity
Predicate hasImaginaryFigure P141333 FINISHED
Object the Thalidomide Kid
The Thalidomide Kid is a disturbing, hallucinatory figure who appears as Alicia Western’s imaginary companion in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Passenger."
 E2125040 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: the Thalidomide Kid | Statement: [Alicia Western, hasImaginaryFigure, the Thalidomide Kid]
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: the Thalidomide Kid
Triple: [Alicia Western, hasImaginaryFigure, the Thalidomide Kid]
Generated description
The Thalidomide Kid is a disturbing, hallucinatory figure who appears as Alicia Western’s imaginary companion in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Passenger."
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: hasImaginaryFigure
Context triple: [Alicia Western, hasImaginaryFigure, the Thalidomide Kid]
  • A. hasImaginaryCharacter chosen
    Indicates that an entity includes, features, or is associated with a fictional or imaginary character.
  • B. hasImaginaryFriendCharacter
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or has an imaginary friend character.
  • C. isImaginary
    Indicates that something exists only in the mind or imagination and does not have a corresponding real-world or physical existence.
  • D. hasImaginaryElement
    Indicates that an entity includes or is associated with an imaginary (non-real) component, typically in a mathematical or conceptual sense.
  • E. hasMythicalFigure
    Indicates that one entity is associated with, features, or includes a particular mythical or legendary figure.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69f76dd193108190af2528186f25b72a completed May 3, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f7b5ccbda481908fe1945c35e36ce8 completed May 3, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a37c646b83c819093212ae8495507c0 completed June 21, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a37c6e970f48190b35c179e766c58cc completed June 21, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a37cad6f71c81908794928c0e20ab20 completed June 21, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69f7b4c06f5881908f0b98cad6796478 completed May 3, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
Created at: May 3, 2026, 4:01 p.m.