Triple

T17129154
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cora Smith E415674 entity
Predicate fictionalUniverse P3758 FINISHED
Object The Postman Always Rings Twice universe
The Postman Always Rings Twice universe is the gritty, noir world of James M. Cain’s crime novel and its adaptations, centered on lust, betrayal, and murder in Depression-era America.
 E1244758 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 Postman Always Rings Twice universe | Statement: [Cora Smith, fictionalUniverse, The Postman Always Rings Twice universe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Postman Always Rings Twice universe
Context triple: [Cora Smith, fictionalUniverse, The Postman Always Rings Twice universe]
  • A. The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain, famed for its gritty tale of lust, betrayal, and murder that became a classic of hardboiled noir fiction.
  • B. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
  • C. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 neo-noir crime drama film, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder amid a torrid love affair.
  • D. Red Curtain Trilogy
    The Red Curtain Trilogy is a stylistically flamboyant trio of films by Baz Luhrmann—comprising Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge!—that blend heightened theatricality, music, and romance.
  • E. They Live by Night
    They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
  • 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 Postman Always Rings Twice universe
Triple: [Cora Smith, fictionalUniverse, The Postman Always Rings Twice universe]
Generated description
The Postman Always Rings Twice universe is the gritty, noir world of James M. Cain’s crime novel and its adaptations, centered on lust, betrayal, and murder in Depression-era America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Postman Always Rings Twice universe
Target entity description: The Postman Always Rings Twice universe is the gritty, noir world of James M. Cain’s crime novel and its adaptations, centered on lust, betrayal, and murder in Depression-era America.
  • A. The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel) chosen
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain, famed for its gritty tale of lust, betrayal, and murder that became a classic of hardboiled noir fiction.
  • B. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
  • C. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 neo-noir crime drama film, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder amid a torrid love affair.
  • D. Red Curtain Trilogy
    The Red Curtain Trilogy is a stylistically flamboyant trio of films by Baz Luhrmann—comprising Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge!—that blend heightened theatricality, music, and romance.
  • E. They Live by Night
    They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d886d15af4819092f92f8a129763e6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3f0291ee881908fb10a8ccd7faa41 completed April 18, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a016741fe6c81908ebbb022749915ab completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016bcdd19c81909fe5ffcc57c7c4d1 completed May 11, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a016c5018e48190974c124c3433bcc6 completed May 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.