Triple

T14528616
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject An American Tragedy E340843 entity
Predicate setting P1957 FINISHED
Object Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)
Lycurgus, New York is a fictional industrial town in Theodore Dreiser’s novel *An American Tragedy*, symbolizing early 20th-century American social stratification and moral conflict.
 E1104223 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: Lycurgus, New York (fictional town) | Statement: [An American Tragedy, setting, Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)
Context triple: [An American Tragedy, setting, Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)]
  • A. Belvedere, Ohio (fictionalized setting)
    Belvedere, Ohio is the fictional small-town setting in the film "The Silence of the Lambs" where serial killer Buffalo Bill’s house is located.
  • B. Village of Athens, New York
    The Village of Athens, New York, is a small historic Hudson River community known for its 19th-century architecture, waterfront views, and role in the scenic Hudson Valley region.
  • C. Town of Springfield, New York
    The Town of Springfield, New York is a rural municipality in Otsego County known for its historic sites, lakeside scenery, and 19th-century estates.
  • D. Shortsville, New York
    Shortsville, New York is a small village in the Finger Lakes region known historically for its milling and manufacturing industries.
  • E. Dorchester (fictional town)
    Dorchester is the fictional small-town backdrop of the crime drama series "The Sinner," known for its seemingly quiet facade that hides dark secrets and complex psychological mysteries.
  • 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: Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)
Triple: [An American Tragedy, setting, Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)]
Generated description
Lycurgus, New York is a fictional industrial town in Theodore Dreiser’s novel *An American Tragedy*, symbolizing early 20th-century American social stratification and moral conflict.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lycurgus, New York (fictional town)
Target entity description: Lycurgus, New York is a fictional industrial town in Theodore Dreiser’s novel *An American Tragedy*, symbolizing early 20th-century American social stratification and moral conflict.
  • A. Belvedere, Ohio (fictionalized setting)
    Belvedere, Ohio is the fictional small-town setting in the film "The Silence of the Lambs" where serial killer Buffalo Bill’s house is located.
  • B. Village of Athens, New York
    The Village of Athens, New York, is a small historic Hudson River community known for its 19th-century architecture, waterfront views, and role in the scenic Hudson Valley region.
  • C. Town of Springfield, New York
    The Town of Springfield, New York is a rural municipality in Otsego County known for its historic sites, lakeside scenery, and 19th-century estates.
  • D. Shortsville, New York
    Shortsville, New York is a small village in the Finger Lakes region known historically for its milling and manufacturing industries.
  • E. Dorchester (fictional town)
    Dorchester is the fictional small-town backdrop of the crime drama series "The Sinner," known for its seemingly quiet facade that hides dark secrets and complex psychological mysteries.
  • 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dea051bc608190ad4d516c5e7bca43 completed April 14, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd7a547c408190a1a19e12aac1d5bd completed May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd7be2dc0c8190b8950a1f43ce13ab completed May 8, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd7c6422e08190b149efdf58c3572a completed May 8, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.