Triple

T14694807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David McCullough E345125 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Path Between the Seas
The Path Between the Seas is a historical nonfiction book by David McCullough that chronicles the conception, construction, and political drama surrounding the building of the Panama Canal.
E1114080 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: The Path Between the Seas | Statement: [David McCullough, notableWork, The Path Between the Seas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Path Between the Seas
Context triple: [David McCullough, notableWork, The Path Between the Seas]
  • A. The Opening of the Ship Canal
    The Opening of the Ship Canal is a mural by Ford Madox Brown depicting the inauguration of the Manchester Ship Canal, celebrating the city’s industrial progress and maritime commerce.
  • B. The Crossroads of the World
    The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
  • C. The Gibraltar of the East
    The Gibraltar of the East is a nickname commonly given to heavily fortified or strategically vital coastal strongholds in Asia, most famously the city of Singapore.
  • D. La Región Ribereña
    La Región Ribereña is a border region in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas that encompasses riverfront municipalities along the Rio Grande, including Nuevo Laredo.
  • E. The Bridge at the Edge of the World
    The Bridge at the Edge of the World is an environmental book that critiques modern capitalism’s role in ecological crisis and argues for deep systemic changes to achieve a sustainable future.
  • 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 Path Between the Seas
Triple: [David McCullough, notableWork, The Path Between the Seas]
Generated description
The Path Between the Seas is a historical nonfiction book by David McCullough that chronicles the conception, construction, and political drama surrounding the building of the Panama Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Path Between the Seas
Target entity description: The Path Between the Seas is a historical nonfiction book by David McCullough that chronicles the conception, construction, and political drama surrounding the building of the Panama Canal.
  • A. The Opening of the Ship Canal
    The Opening of the Ship Canal is a mural by Ford Madox Brown depicting the inauguration of the Manchester Ship Canal, celebrating the city’s industrial progress and maritime commerce.
  • B. The Crossroads of the World
    The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
  • C. The Gibraltar of the East
    The Gibraltar of the East is a nickname commonly given to heavily fortified or strategically vital coastal strongholds in Asia, most famously the city of Singapore.
  • D. La Región Ribereña
    La Región Ribereña is a border region in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas that encompasses riverfront municipalities along the Rio Grande, including Nuevo Laredo.
  • E. The Bridge at the Edge of the World
    The Bridge at the Edge of the World is an environmental book that critiques modern capitalism’s role in ecological crisis and argues for deep systemic changes to achieve a sustainable future.
  • 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_69d822e34b348190ada4d1cdb6c7c226 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb586e7108190be644db9cf9a4d99 completed April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fde18e279c8190814f90e947734541 completed May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fde259ea5881909d48031a183ca614 completed May 8, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fde2d0445881908b17fc24369ee90f completed May 8, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.