Triple

T19865441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Val McDermid E477377 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Mermaids Singing — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Mermaids Singing | Statement: [Val McDermid, notableWork, The Mermaids Singing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Mermaids Singing
Context triple: [Val McDermid, notableWork, The Mermaids Singing]
  • A. A Mermaid
    A Mermaid is an 1900 oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a solitary mermaid combing her hair by the rocky seashore in a romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style.
  • B. Mermaid Avenue
    Mermaid Avenue is a collaborative album by Wilco and Billy Bragg that sets previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music.
  • C. Songs of the Sea
    Songs of the Sea is a popular late-19th-century song cycle for baritone, male chorus, and orchestra by Charles Villiers Stanford, celebrated for its rousing maritime themes and vivid choral writing.
  • D. Songs of the Sea
    Songs of the Sea is a musical composition by American composer Lee Holdridge, known for its lyrical, cinematic orchestration and evocative maritime themes.
  • E. Like the Sea
    "Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Mermaids Singing
Target entity description: The Mermaids Singing is a crime novel by Val McDermid that introduced clinical psychologist Tony Hill and is known for its dark, psychologically driven serial killer plot.
  • A. A Mermaid
    A Mermaid is an 1900 oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a solitary mermaid combing her hair by the rocky seashore in a romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style.
  • B. Mermaid Avenue
    Mermaid Avenue is a collaborative album by Wilco and Billy Bragg that sets previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music.
  • C. Songs of the Sea
    Songs of the Sea is a popular late-19th-century song cycle for baritone, male chorus, and orchestra by Charles Villiers Stanford, celebrated for its rousing maritime themes and vivid choral writing.
  • D. Songs of the Sea
    Songs of the Sea is a musical composition by American composer Lee Holdridge, known for its lyrical, cinematic orchestration and evocative maritime themes.
  • E. Like the Sea
    "Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.