Triple
T3090798
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William T. Vollmann |
E64475
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
|
E325401
|
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 Dying Grass | Statement: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Dying Grass]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dying Grass Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Dying Grass]
-
A.
Shadows on the Grass
"Shadows on the Grass" is a memoir by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) that revisits her years in colonial Kenya through reflective, nostalgic essays that complement her earlier work "Out of Africa."
-
B.
The Death of the Flowers
"The Death of the Flowers" is a reflective lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on autumn’s fading beauty and the transience of life.
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C.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a Russian war drama film (originally a Soviet-era story) about a group of young female anti-aircraft gunners fighting in a remote forest during World War II.
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D.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
-
E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- 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 Dying Grass Triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Dying Grass]
Generated description
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dying Grass Target entity description: The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
-
A.
Shadows on the Grass
"Shadows on the Grass" is a memoir by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) that revisits her years in colonial Kenya through reflective, nostalgic essays that complement her earlier work "Out of Africa."
-
B.
The Death of the Flowers
"The Death of the Flowers" is a reflective lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on autumn’s fading beauty and the transience of life.
-
C.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a Russian war drama film (originally a Soviet-era story) about a group of young female anti-aircraft gunners fighting in a remote forest during World War II.
-
D.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
-
E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- 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_69ad857c97d88190b26f9b1c90839c77 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada20d8f788190b05b8b6b5042bc1a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1f8a6fe2081909e2bf9ee5629f017 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f94a05608190bc163a6950586ff9 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f9ad0b148190b98f93699598dd1e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.