Triple

T1804796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Silverberg E40196 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Book of Skulls
The Book of Skulls is a 1972 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows four college students who discover a desert cult promising immortality at the cost of ritual sacrifice.
E201079 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 Book of Skulls | Statement: [Robert Silverberg, notableWork, The Book of Skulls]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Skulls
Context triple: [Robert Silverberg, notableWork, The Book of Skulls]
  • A. The Black Sleep
    The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
  • B. Whisperers
    The Whisperers are a brutal post-apocalyptic cult in The Walking Dead universe who survive by wearing the skins of walkers and living among the dead.
  • C. The Incorruptible
    The Incorruptible was the sobriquet of Maximilien Robespierre, the influential and austere leader of the French Revolution’s radical phase and a key figure in the Reign of Terror.
  • D. The Ruin
    The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
  • E. The Valley of Ghosts
    The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
  • 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 Book of Skulls
Triple: [Robert Silverberg, notableWork, The Book of Skulls]
Generated description
The Book of Skulls is a 1972 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows four college students who discover a desert cult promising immortality at the cost of ritual sacrifice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Skulls
Target entity description: The Book of Skulls is a 1972 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that follows four college students who discover a desert cult promising immortality at the cost of ritual sacrifice.
  • A. The Black Sleep
    The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
  • B. Whisperers
    The Whisperers are a brutal post-apocalyptic cult in The Walking Dead universe who survive by wearing the skins of walkers and living among the dead.
  • C. The Incorruptible
    The Incorruptible was the sobriquet of Maximilien Robespierre, the influential and austere leader of the French Revolution’s radical phase and a key figure in the Reign of Terror.
  • D. The Ruin
    The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
  • E. The Valley of Ghosts
    The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
  • 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_69a88643a3388190a612f2ebe1fb29e7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa659648e8819085fafb60dc03f14b completed March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5df20948190943a60c209270b62 completed March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb69c149081908b5b819c068a1ce2 completed March 8, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb8be528c819092a5e22b099fc2a0 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.