Triple

T10588549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject QI E249920 entity
Predicate hasAssociatedBookSeries P42145 FINISHED
Object The Book of General Ignorance
The Book of General Ignorance is a humorous trivia book that debunks common misconceptions and wrong “facts,” based on the British TV quiz show QI.
E872094 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Book of General Ignorance | Statement: [QI, hasAssociatedBookSeries, The Book of General Ignorance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of General Ignorance
Context triple: [QI, hasAssociatedBookSeries, The Book of General Ignorance]
  • A. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
    A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a postmodern novel by Julian Barnes that playfully reimagines episodes from human and natural history through a series of loosely connected, genre-blending narratives.
  • B. A Smattering of Ignorance
    A Smattering of Ignorance is a collection of witty, self-deprecating essays and anecdotes by American pianist, composer, and humorist Oscar Levant.
  • C. The History of Everything
    "The History of Everything" is the fast-paced, science-themed theme song for the sitcom *The Big Bang Theory*, performed by the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies.
  • D. Don’t Know Much
    "Don’t Know Much" is a popular 1989 adult contemporary ballad best known for Linda Ronstadt’s Grammy-winning duet version with Aaron Neville.
  • E. The Book of Everything
    The Book of Everything is a work by designer and information graphics expert Nigel Holmes that showcases his distinctive, playful approach to visual explanation and data visualization.
  • 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: The Book of General Ignorance
Triple: [QI, hasAssociatedBookSeries, The Book of General Ignorance]
Generated description
The Book of General Ignorance is a humorous trivia book that debunks common misconceptions and wrong “facts,” based on the British TV quiz show QI.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of General Ignorance
Target entity description: The Book of General Ignorance is a humorous trivia book that debunks common misconceptions and wrong “facts,” based on the British TV quiz show QI.
  • A. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
    A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a postmodern novel by Julian Barnes that playfully reimagines episodes from human and natural history through a series of loosely connected, genre-blending narratives.
  • B. A Smattering of Ignorance
    A Smattering of Ignorance is a collection of witty, self-deprecating essays and anecdotes by American pianist, composer, and humorist Oscar Levant.
  • C. The History of Everything
    "The History of Everything" is the fast-paced, science-themed theme song for the sitcom *The Big Bang Theory*, performed by the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies.
  • D. Don’t Know Much
    "Don’t Know Much" is a popular 1989 adult contemporary ballad best known for Linda Ronstadt’s Grammy-winning duet version with Aaron Neville.
  • E. The Book of Everything
    The Book of Everything is a work by designer and information graphics expert Nigel Holmes that showcases his distinctive, playful approach to visual explanation and data visualization.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasAssociatedBookSeries
Context triple: [QI, hasAssociatedBookSeries, The Book of General Ignorance]
  • A. hasPublicationSeries chosen
    Indicates that an entity is part of, or associated with, a particular publication series.
  • B. hasComicSeries
    Indicates that one entity is the comic series to which another entity belongs or with which it is associated.
  • C. hasAssociatedTVSeries
    Indicates that one entity is linked to another entity that is a related or derived television series.
  • D. hasSeriesSubject
    Indicates that a series is about, centers on, or thematically focuses on a particular subject.
  • E. seriesAuthor
    Indicates that an entity is the author or primary creator of a series (such as a book, comic, or media series).
  • 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d527793c588190bfe3a5261eb7f919 completed April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b9440548190bff01847a940266b completed April 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94ca13550819085b7824d8b5131e7 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9518517608190b5036694b83f5f58 completed April 10, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d51907b2b881908ab9a8594688ee06 completed April 7, 2026, 2:47 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:40 p.m.