Triple

T10091673
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Cunningham E215357 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Specimen Days
Specimen Days is a genre-blending novel by Michael Cunningham that interweaves three thematically linked stories across different time periods, all inspired by the life and writings of Walt Whitman.
E839788 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: Specimen Days | Statement: [Michael Cunningham, notableWork, Specimen Days]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Specimen Days
Context triple: [Michael Cunningham, notableWork, Specimen Days]
  • A. Specimen Days
    Specimen Days is a prose work by Walt Whitman that blends memoir, nature writing, and reflections on the American Civil War and 19th-century life.
  • B. The Unwinding Hours
    The Unwinding Hours is a Scottish alternative rock band formed by former members of Aereogramme, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound.
  • C. Almanac of the Dead
    Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
  • D. The Ruins
    The Ruins is a 2008 horror film, based on Scott Smith’s novel, about a group of tourists trapped at an isolated Mayan ruin menaced by a malevolent, sentient vine.
  • E. The Sufferer & the Witness
    The Sufferer & the Witness is a politically charged punk rock album by Rise Against known for its melodic hardcore sound and socially conscious lyrics.
  • 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: Specimen Days
Triple: [Michael Cunningham, notableWork, Specimen Days]
Generated description
Specimen Days is a genre-blending novel by Michael Cunningham that interweaves three thematically linked stories across different time periods, all inspired by the life and writings of Walt Whitman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Specimen Days
Target entity description: Specimen Days is a genre-blending novel by Michael Cunningham that interweaves three thematically linked stories across different time periods, all inspired by the life and writings of Walt Whitman.
  • A. Specimen Days
    Specimen Days is a prose work by Walt Whitman that blends memoir, nature writing, and reflections on the American Civil War and 19th-century life.
  • B. The Unwinding Hours
    The Unwinding Hours is a Scottish alternative rock band formed by former members of Aereogramme, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound.
  • C. Almanac of the Dead
    Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
  • D. The Ruins
    The Ruins is a 2008 horror film, based on Scott Smith’s novel, about a group of tourists trapped at an isolated Mayan ruin menaced by a malevolent, sentient vine.
  • E. The Sufferer & the Witness
    The Sufferer & the Witness is a politically charged punk rock album by Rise Against known for its melodic hardcore sound and socially conscious lyrics.
  • 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_69ca83a1eed081908b2e9580f2ebeea7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd05aa02081908fba02e7085c6d7c completed April 2, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b6a587e0819093f38d5e69db43ec completed April 5, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b790cc188190b5c16c89beaa8aca completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b81e7b948190baa417186aac284b completed April 5, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:01 p.m.