Triple
T9116209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Necromancer (The Hobbit films) |
E218723
|
entity |
| Predicate | foreshadows |
P786
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sauron (The Lord of the Rings films) |
E218722
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Sauron (The Lord of the Rings films) | Statement: [The Necromancer (The Hobbit films), foreshadows, Sauron (The Lord of the Rings films)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sauron (The Lord of the Rings films) Context triple: [The Necromancer (The Hobbit films), foreshadows, Sauron (The Lord of the Rings films)]
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A.
Sauron
chosen
Sauron is the primary dark antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, a fallen Maia who seeks dominion over all life through the power of the One Ring.
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B.
Saruman
Saruman is a powerful wizard and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, most prominently featured in "The Lord of the Rings."
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C.
The Necromancer (The Hobbit films)
The Necromancer in The Hobbit film series is the shadowy, resurrected form of Sauron who secretly regains power in Dol Guldur and foreshadows his return as the Dark Lord of Middle-earth.
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D.
Malekith
Malekith is the dark elf leader and primary antagonist in the Marvel film "Thor: The Dark World," seeking to plunge the universe into darkness using the Aether.
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E.
Witch-king of Angmar
The Witch-king of Angmar is the Lord of the Nazgûl and Sauron’s chief servant in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, feared as the most powerful of the Ringwraiths.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca8a4c9e08190ba3603a5d00afb20 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0307299ec8190acade4f388642e23 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.