Triple

T19262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam E381 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Times Books
Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
 E1321 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: Times Books | Statement: [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, publisher, Times Books]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Times Books
Context triple: [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, publisher, Times Books]
  • A. Time Inc.
    Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
  • B. Mens et Manus
    Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
  • C. Literary Machines
    Literary Machines is a seminal book by Theodor Nelson that outlines his visionary concepts for hypertext, non-linear writing, and the structure of digital information systems.
  • D. Tozzer Library
    Tozzer Library is Harvard University's primary research library for anthropology and archaeology, housing extensive collections on human cultures, languages, and material history.
  • E. Powell’s City of Books
    Powell’s City of Books is a famed independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, renowned as one of the world’s largest new and used bookstores, occupying an entire city block.
  • 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: Times Books
Triple: [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, publisher, Times Books]
Generated description
Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Times Books
Target entity description: Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
  • A. Time Inc.
    Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
  • B. Mens et Manus
    Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
  • C. Literary Machines
    Literary Machines is a seminal book by Theodor Nelson that outlines his visionary concepts for hypertext, non-linear writing, and the structure of digital information systems.
  • D. Tozzer Library
    Tozzer Library is Harvard University's primary research library for anthropology and archaeology, housing extensive collections on human cultures, languages, and material history.
  • E. Powell’s City of Books
    Powell’s City of Books is a famed independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, renowned as one of the world’s largest new and used bookstores, occupying an entire city block.
  • 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_69a240778d288190815c0052ebbbcc91 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2465d9038819087f875a5afac9541 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a248e73c6c8190a83d10709aa3f9c7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a249cbc63881908a99d2f82270b96b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a24a54686c819088cfe99468b2c693 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.