Triple

T19865443
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Val McDermid E477377 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Distant Echo 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 Distant Echo | Statement: [Val McDermid, notableWork, The Distant Echo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Distant Echo
Context triple: [Val McDermid, notableWork, The Distant Echo]
  • A. An Echo in the Darkness
    An Echo in the Darkness is a Christian historical romance novel by Francine Rivers that continues the story begun in A Voice in the Wind, exploring themes of faith, sacrifice, and redemption in the context of the Roman Empire.
  • B. Stir of Echoes
    Stir of Echoes is a 1999 supernatural horror film starring Kevin Bacon, known for its psychological tension and themes of hypnosis, haunting, and buried secrets in a Chicago neighborhood.
  • C. An Echo, a Stain
    "An Echo, a Stain" is a dark, atmospheric song by Icelandic artist Björk from her 2001 album *Vespertine*, noted for its intimate vocals and minimalist electronic production.
  • D. The Distant Hours
    The Distant Hours is a gothic historical novel by Australian author Kate Morton that weaves together family secrets, wartime memories, and a mysterious English castle.
  • E. The Faint
    The Faint is an American indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, known for its dance-punk and new wave–influenced sound and association with the Saddle Creek Records scene.
  • 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 Distant Echo
Target entity description: The Distant Echo is a crime novel by Val McDermid that follows a group of former university students haunted by a decades-old murder case that resurfaces with new evidence.
  • A. An Echo in the Darkness
    An Echo in the Darkness is a Christian historical romance novel by Francine Rivers that continues the story begun in A Voice in the Wind, exploring themes of faith, sacrifice, and redemption in the context of the Roman Empire.
  • B. Stir of Echoes
    Stir of Echoes is a 1999 supernatural horror film starring Kevin Bacon, known for its psychological tension and themes of hypnosis, haunting, and buried secrets in a Chicago neighborhood.
  • C. An Echo, a Stain
    "An Echo, a Stain" is a dark, atmospheric song by Icelandic artist Björk from her 2001 album *Vespertine*, noted for its intimate vocals and minimalist electronic production.
  • D. The Distant Hours
    The Distant Hours is a gothic historical novel by Australian author Kate Morton that weaves together family secrets, wartime memories, and a mysterious English castle.
  • E. The Faint
    The Faint is an American indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, known for its dance-punk and new wave–influenced sound and association with the Saddle Creek Records scene.
  • 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.