Triple

T21185382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tim O'Brien E522065 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Things They Carried 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 Things They Carried | Statement: [Tim O'Brien, notableWork, The Things They Carried]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Things They Carried
Context triple: [Tim O'Brien, notableWork, The Things They Carried]
  • A. The Thin Red Line (novel)
    The Thin Red Line (novel) is James Jones’s 1962 World War II novel that portrays the psychological and moral struggles of American soldiers fighting in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • B. The Thin Red Line
    The Thin Red Line is a 1998 World War II drama film directed by Terrence Malick, acclaimed for its philosophical tone, ensemble cast, and visually poetic depiction of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • C. The Thin Red Line
    The Thin Red Line refers to the famous stand of the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, where a thin formation of Scottish infantry repelled a much larger Russian cavalry force.
  • D. Witness to War
    Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
  • E. A Rumor of War
    A Rumor of War is a television miniseries adaptation of Philip Caputo’s acclaimed Vietnam War memoir, featuring Brian Dennehy in a prominent role.
  • 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 Things They Carried
Target entity description: The Things They Carried is a critically acclaimed collection of linked short stories about American soldiers in the Vietnam War, blending fact and fiction to explore memory, trauma, and the burdens of storytelling.
  • A. The Thin Red Line (novel)
    The Thin Red Line (novel) is James Jones’s 1962 World War II novel that portrays the psychological and moral struggles of American soldiers fighting in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • B. The Thin Red Line
    The Thin Red Line is a 1998 World War II drama film directed by Terrence Malick, acclaimed for its philosophical tone, ensemble cast, and visually poetic depiction of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • C. The Thin Red Line
    The Thin Red Line refers to the famous stand of the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, where a thin formation of Scottish infantry repelled a much larger Russian cavalry force.
  • D. Witness to War
    Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
  • E. A Rumor of War
    A Rumor of War is a television miniseries adaptation of Philip Caputo’s acclaimed Vietnam War memoir, featuring Brian Dennehy in a prominent role.
  • 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_69e0b50ef1d48190b063aa342667df22 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e73021671c8190a7b464ece7dbaadd completed April 21, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:06 p.m.