Triple
T2902797
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cormac McCarthy |
E62689
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cities of the Plain
Cities of the Plain is a 1998 novel by Cormac McCarthy that concludes his Border Trilogy, following cowboys John Grady Cole and Billy Parham along the U.S.–Mexico border in a stark, tragic exploration of love, violence, and fate.
|
E309672
|
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: Cities of the Plain | Statement: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, Cities of the Plain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cities of the Plain Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, Cities of the Plain]
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A.
Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
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B.
Cimarron
Cimarron is a 1981 country music album by Emmylou Harris known for its blend of contemporary country and pop-influenced songs.
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C.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather that portrays the struggles and triumphs of a Swedish-American pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie, often cited as a classic of American frontier literature.
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D.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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E.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
- 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: Cities of the Plain Triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, Cities of the Plain]
Generated description
Cities of the Plain is a 1998 novel by Cormac McCarthy that concludes his Border Trilogy, following cowboys John Grady Cole and Billy Parham along the U.S.–Mexico border in a stark, tragic exploration of love, violence, and fate.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cities of the Plain Target entity description: Cities of the Plain is a 1998 novel by Cormac McCarthy that concludes his Border Trilogy, following cowboys John Grady Cole and Billy Parham along the U.S.–Mexico border in a stark, tragic exploration of love, violence, and fate.
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A.
Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
-
B.
Cimarron
Cimarron is a 1981 country music album by Emmylou Harris known for its blend of contemporary country and pop-influenced songs.
-
C.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather that portrays the struggles and triumphs of a Swedish-American pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie, often cited as a classic of American frontier literature.
-
D.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
-
E.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
- 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.