Triple

T15905316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stewart O'Nan E385696 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Prayer for the Dying
A Prayer for the Dying is a dark historical novel by Stewart O'Nan that follows a Civil War veteran-turned-sheriff confronting a devastating epidemic and wildfire in a small 19th-century Wisconsin town.
 E1183549 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: A Prayer for the Dying | Statement: [Stewart O'Nan, notableWork, A Prayer for the Dying]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: A Prayer for the Dying
Context triple: [Stewart O'Nan, notableWork, A Prayer for the Dying]
  • A. A Prayer for the Dying
    A Prayer for the Dying is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins that follows an IRA hitman seeking redemption while being hunted in London.
  • B. No Prayer for the Dying
    No Prayer for the Dying is a 1990 heavy metal album by British band Iron Maiden, marking a rawer, more stripped-down sound following their late-1980s epics.
  • C. Prayer for the Dying
    "Prayer for the Dying" is a 1994 pop-soul ballad by British singer-songwriter Seal, known for its introspective lyrics and emotive vocal performance.
  • D. A Purple Place for Dying
    A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
  • E. The Mourner
    The Mourner is a Japanese film in which Kengo Kora stars in a contemplative drama about grief, guilt, and spiritual redemption.
  • 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: A Prayer for the Dying
Triple: [Stewart O'Nan, notableWork, A Prayer for the Dying]
Generated description
A Prayer for the Dying is a dark historical novel by Stewart O'Nan that follows a Civil War veteran-turned-sheriff confronting a devastating epidemic and wildfire in a small 19th-century Wisconsin town.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: A Prayer for the Dying
Target entity description: A Prayer for the Dying is a dark historical novel by Stewart O'Nan that follows a Civil War veteran-turned-sheriff confronting a devastating epidemic and wildfire in a small 19th-century Wisconsin town.
  • A. A Prayer for the Dying
    A Prayer for the Dying is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins that follows an IRA hitman seeking redemption while being hunted in London.
  • B. No Prayer for the Dying
    No Prayer for the Dying is a 1990 heavy metal album by British band Iron Maiden, marking a rawer, more stripped-down sound following their late-1980s epics.
  • C. Prayer for the Dying
    "Prayer for the Dying" is a 1994 pop-soul ballad by British singer-songwriter Seal, known for its introspective lyrics and emotive vocal performance.
  • D. A Purple Place for Dying
    A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
  • E. The Mourner
    The Mourner is a Japanese film in which Kengo Kora stars in a contemplative drama about grief, guilt, and spiritual redemption.
  • 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_69d86da686e4819097cbf3b1fc2d881d completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1565956588190ba4726a2879b677d completed April 16, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb0535a808190983b4ff028826cbf completed May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb110a5b88190904f763057e8eb1e completed May 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb1a5e9b88190b790c81b9500c2ac completed May 9, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:52 a.m.