Triple
T1241896
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Midaq Alley |
E26674
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels |
E25973
|
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: Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels | Statement: [Midaq Alley, partOf, Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels Context triple: [Midaq Alley, partOf, Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo novels]
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A.
The Cairo Trilogy
The Cairo Trilogy is a renowned series of novels by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz that chronicles the lives of a Cairo family across generations, offering a rich portrait of Egyptian society in the early 20th century.
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B.
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his richly detailed portrayals of modern Egyptian society, particularly through works like the Cairo Trilogy.
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C.
Bir el Gubi
Bir el Gubi was a strategically important desert battlefield in Libya during World War II, known for significant clashes between British Commonwealth and Italian-German forces.
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D.
The Harafish
chosen
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
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E.
Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
- 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf44ac3c8190a28a333b320305fd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8f79afe08190802dd615f01e303d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.