Triple

T2240717
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nick Hornby E49388 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object The Polysyllabic Spree
The Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby’s humorous, essay-style book chronicling his reading life, literary obsessions, and book-buying habits.
E246780 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 Polysyllabic Spree | Statement: [Nick Hornby, wrote, The Polysyllabic Spree]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Polysyllabic Spree
Context triple: [Nick Hornby, wrote, The Polysyllabic Spree]
  • A. Words I Might Have Ate
    "Words I Might Have Ate" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early album "Kerplunk."
  • B. Rhymes & Reasons
    Rhymes & Reasons is a 1972 studio album by singer-songwriter Carole King that continues her blend of introspective lyrics and soft rock/pop arrangements following the success of Tapestry.
  • C. Goodbye to Language
    Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
  • D. Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
    Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged is a character from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide universe, an immortal being who copes with endless life by traveling the cosmos to insult every sentient being in alphabetical order.
  • E. The Blessed Unrest
    The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
  • 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 Polysyllabic Spree
Triple: [Nick Hornby, wrote, The Polysyllabic Spree]
Generated description
The Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby’s humorous, essay-style book chronicling his reading life, literary obsessions, and book-buying habits.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Polysyllabic Spree
Target entity description: The Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby’s humorous, essay-style book chronicling his reading life, literary obsessions, and book-buying habits.
  • A. Words I Might Have Ate
    "Words I Might Have Ate" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early album "Kerplunk."
  • B. Rhymes & Reasons
    Rhymes & Reasons is a 1972 studio album by singer-songwriter Carole King that continues her blend of introspective lyrics and soft rock/pop arrangements following the success of Tapestry.
  • C. Goodbye to Language
    Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
  • D. Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
    Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged is a character from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide universe, an immortal being who copes with endless life by traveling the cosmos to insult every sentient being in alphabetical order.
  • E. The Blessed Unrest
    The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
  • 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_69a88aa84bdc819086df50e9c20b301e completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc0bccf688190bd10202a62fdf34e completed March 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6b0cb4f0819087061434d44dc3a3 completed March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b9edb688190a4e6e4a4ddf964f3 completed March 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6bfbb6cc81909d647b3875450b4b completed March 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.