Triple

T1753783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Matheson E38505 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shrinking Man
The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by Richard Matheson that follows a man who begins to shrink uncontrollably after exposure to a mysterious mist, exploring themes of identity, survival, and existential terror.
E197014 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 Shrinking Man | Statement: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, The Shrinking Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shrinking Man
Context triple: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, The Shrinking Man]
  • A. The Invisible Man
    The Invisible Man is a classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a scientist who discovers how to become invisible but descends into madness and violence as a result.
  • B. In the Shadow of Man
    In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
  • C. Door into the Dark
    Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
  • D. The Machine Stops
    The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
  • E. The Beast with Five Fingers
    The Beast with Five Fingers is a 1946 atmospheric horror film in which Peter Lorre stars in a macabre tale about a disembodied hand terrorizing a secluded Italian mansion.
  • 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 Shrinking Man
Triple: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, The Shrinking Man]
Generated description
The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by Richard Matheson that follows a man who begins to shrink uncontrollably after exposure to a mysterious mist, exploring themes of identity, survival, and existential terror.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shrinking Man
Target entity description: The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by Richard Matheson that follows a man who begins to shrink uncontrollably after exposure to a mysterious mist, exploring themes of identity, survival, and existential terror.
  • A. The Invisible Man
    The Invisible Man is a classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a scientist who discovers how to become invisible but descends into madness and violence as a result.
  • B. In the Shadow of Man
    In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
  • C. Door into the Dark
    Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
  • D. The Machine Stops
    The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
  • E. The Beast with Five Fingers
    The Beast with Five Fingers is a 1946 atmospheric horror film in which Peter Lorre stars in a macabre tale about a disembodied hand terrorizing a secluded Italian mansion.
  • 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64169c508190a33074fb06e9c755 completed March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0e84c1c8190917edf14003cba81 completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada1a2fb9481909d9ed587921ca6b6 completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada4e28830819082ed7facee14587f completed March 8, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.