Triple

T2902796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cormac McCarthy E62689 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Crossing
The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
E309671 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 Crossing | Statement: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, The Crossing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crossing
Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, The Crossing]
  • A. De Oversteek
    De Oversteek is a modern road bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, commemorating a historic World War II river crossing.
  • B. Crossing the Water
    "Crossing the Water" is a posthumously published collection of poems by Sylvia Plath that showcases her stark, vivid imagery and evolving poetic voice in the years leading up to her death.
  • C. Door to the River
    Door to the River is a 1960 abstract expressionist painting by Willem de Kooning, noted for its gestural brushwork and luminous, landscape-evoking color fields.
  • D. The Drowned and the Saved
    The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
  • E. The River of Dreams
    "The River of Dreams" is a 1993 pop song by Billy Joel, known for its gospel-influenced sound and introspective, dreamlike lyrics, and serving as the title track of his final studio rock album.
  • 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 Crossing
Triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, The Crossing]
Generated description
The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crossing
Target entity description: The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
  • A. De Oversteek
    De Oversteek is a modern road bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, commemorating a historic World War II river crossing.
  • B. Crossing the Water
    "Crossing the Water" is a posthumously published collection of poems by Sylvia Plath that showcases her stark, vivid imagery and evolving poetic voice in the years leading up to her death.
  • C. Door to the River
    Door to the River is a 1960 abstract expressionist painting by Willem de Kooning, noted for its gestural brushwork and luminous, landscape-evoking color fields.
  • D. The Drowned and the Saved
    The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
  • E. The River of Dreams
    "The River of Dreams" is a 1993 pop song by Billy Joel, known for its gospel-influenced sound and introspective, dreamlike lyrics, and serving as the title track of his final studio rock album.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b3d20881908cd4f1b465b504af completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0560885688190b5bb51f40d555c4d completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0638095b48190b3d7afa5eeef3e7a completed March 10, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b063edf4ac8190bbcd430c8b584c95 completed March 10, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.