Triple

T19865439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Val McDermid E477377 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Karen Pirie series
The Karen Pirie series is a collection of Scottish crime novels by Val McDermid featuring cold case detective Karen Pirie as she investigates long-buried mysteries.
E1398473 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: Karen Pirie series | Statement: [Val McDermid, notableWork, Karen Pirie series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Pirie series
Context triple: [Val McDermid, notableWork, Karen Pirie series]
  • A. Hildegarde Withers series
    The Hildegarde Withers series is a collection of classic American mystery novels featuring a sharp-witted schoolteacher-turned-amateur sleuth who assists the police in solving murders.
  • B. The Sally Lockhart series
    The Sally Lockhart series is a set of Victorian-era mystery novels by Philip Pullman featuring a courageous young heroine who uncovers dark conspiracies in 19th-century London.
  • C. Paul Ferroll series
    The Paul Ferroll series is a 19th-century set of psychological crime novels by Caroline Clive, centered on the morally complex character Paul Ferroll and his involvement in murder.
  • D. Enid Blyton Mystery Series
    The Enid Blyton Mystery Series is a classic set of British children's detective novels featuring a group of young sleuths, including the clever and resourceful Fatty, who solve various mysteries in their village.
  • E. Drearcliff Grange School series
    The Drearcliff Grange School series is a set of supernatural-tinged school stories by Kim Newman, following unusual girls with extraordinary abilities at a secretive English boarding school.
  • 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: Karen Pirie series
Triple: [Val McDermid, notableWork, Karen Pirie series]
Generated description
The Karen Pirie series is a collection of Scottish crime novels by Val McDermid featuring cold case detective Karen Pirie as she investigates long-buried mysteries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Pirie series
Target entity description: The Karen Pirie series is a collection of Scottish crime novels by Val McDermid featuring cold case detective Karen Pirie as she investigates long-buried mysteries.
  • A. Hildegarde Withers series
    The Hildegarde Withers series is a collection of classic American mystery novels featuring a sharp-witted schoolteacher-turned-amateur sleuth who assists the police in solving murders.
  • B. The Sally Lockhart series
    The Sally Lockhart series is a set of Victorian-era mystery novels by Philip Pullman featuring a courageous young heroine who uncovers dark conspiracies in 19th-century London.
  • C. Paul Ferroll series
    The Paul Ferroll series is a 19th-century set of psychological crime novels by Caroline Clive, centered on the morally complex character Paul Ferroll and his involvement in murder.
  • D. Enid Blyton Mystery Series
    The Enid Blyton Mystery Series is a classic set of British children's detective novels featuring a group of young sleuths, including the clever and resourceful Fatty, who solve various mysteries in their village.
  • E. Drearcliff Grange School series
    The Drearcliff Grange School series is a set of supernatural-tinged school stories by Kim Newman, following unusual girls with extraordinary abilities at a secretive English boarding school.
  • 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_69d8e51e7d948190aedbcd6c30361c39 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6589eb24081908715b683de1edc68 completed April 20, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d44dbae4819095447a8c7914e369 completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d52ab9e88190a76a5208619e3f62 completed May 16, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d5d982a88190b27218a8aea3d1ef completed May 16, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.