Triple
T21212737
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Viktor Pelevin |
E522758
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Clay Machine-Gun |
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|
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 Clay Machine-Gun | Statement: [Viktor Pelevin, notableWork, The Clay Machine-Gun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Clay Machine-Gun Context triple: [Viktor Pelevin, notableWork, The Clay Machine-Gun]
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A.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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B.
M712 Schnellfeuer
The M712 Schnellfeuer is a select-fire, detachable-magazine variant of the Mauser C96 pistol capable of fully automatic fire.
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C.
PKM machine gun
The PKM machine gun is a Soviet-era, belt-fed 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun widely used around the world for its reliability, durability, and effectiveness in both infantry and vehicle-mounted roles.
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D.
MG3 machine gun
The MG3 machine gun is a German 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun derived from the World War II-era MG 42 and widely used by NATO and other armed forces for decades.
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E.
Lanchester submachine gun
The Lanchester submachine gun was a British World War II-era firearm, closely based on the German MP 28, used primarily by the Royal Navy and known for its robust construction and reliability.
- 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 Clay Machine-Gun Target entity description: The Clay Machine-Gun is a postmodern novel by Russian writer Viktor Pelevin that blends war narrative, Buddhist philosophy, and surreal hallucination to explore the nature of reality and identity.
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A.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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B.
M712 Schnellfeuer
The M712 Schnellfeuer is a select-fire, detachable-magazine variant of the Mauser C96 pistol capable of fully automatic fire.
-
C.
PKM machine gun
The PKM machine gun is a Soviet-era, belt-fed 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun widely used around the world for its reliability, durability, and effectiveness in both infantry and vehicle-mounted roles.
-
D.
MG3 machine gun
The MG3 machine gun is a German 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun derived from the World War II-era MG 42 and widely used by NATO and other armed forces for decades.
-
E.
Lanchester submachine gun
The Lanchester submachine gun was a British World War II-era firearm, closely based on the German MP 28, used primarily by the Royal Navy and known for its robust construction and reliability.
- 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_69e0b511ed84819099b449b4a111085c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7346f762c8190a9f57d9e00d94d28 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:38 p.m.