Triple
T21975681
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Kelman |
E542698
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Busconductor Hines
The Busconductor Hines is a gritty, darkly comic novel by Scottish writer James Kelman that follows the everyday struggles and inner life of a working-class bus conductor in Glasgow.
|
E1510748
|
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: The Busconductor Hines | Statement: [James Kelman, notableWork, The Busconductor Hines]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Busconductor Hines Context triple: [James Kelman, notableWork, The Busconductor Hines]
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A.
The Bus
The Bus is the nickname of New Zealand rugby union winger Julian Savea, renowned for his powerful, hard-running style and prolific try-scoring.
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B.
The Bus
The Bus is the nickname of Jerome Bettis, a Hall of Fame NFL running back renowned for his powerful, bruising rushing style with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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C.
The Bus
The Bus is the public transportation system serving the Marble Valley region, providing local and regional bus services for residents and visitors.
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D.
Optibús
Optibús is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system serving the city of León in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
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E.
Badger Bus
Badger Bus is a regional intercity bus company in Wisconsin that provides scheduled passenger service between major cities such as Milwaukee and Madison.
- 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: The Busconductor Hines Triple: [James Kelman, notableWork, The Busconductor Hines]
Generated description
The Busconductor Hines is a gritty, darkly comic novel by Scottish writer James Kelman that follows the everyday struggles and inner life of a working-class bus conductor in Glasgow.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Busconductor Hines Target entity description: The Busconductor Hines is a gritty, darkly comic novel by Scottish writer James Kelman that follows the everyday struggles and inner life of a working-class bus conductor in Glasgow.
-
A.
The Bus
The Bus is the nickname of New Zealand rugby union winger Julian Savea, renowned for his powerful, hard-running style and prolific try-scoring.
-
B.
The Bus
The Bus is the nickname of Jerome Bettis, a Hall of Fame NFL running back renowned for his powerful, bruising rushing style with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
-
C.
The Bus
The Bus is the public transportation system serving the Marble Valley region, providing local and regional bus services for residents and visitors.
-
D.
Optibús
Optibús is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system serving the city of León in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
-
E.
Badger Bus
Badger Bus is a regional intercity bus company in Wisconsin that provides scheduled passenger service between major cities such as Milwaukee and Madison.
- 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_69e0c48070988190909db97667b9a0ac |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f124886418819091daed0988432350 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a671c83d481909622c67861096716 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a67d2d0e48190ae4acdc2de1371e7 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a68846fb88190bbe1510608aa9468 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:03 p.m.