Triple
T3090801
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William T. Vollmann |
E64475
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Imperial
Imperial is a sprawling nonfiction work by William T. Vollmann that examines the history, politics, economy, and human cost of the U.S.–Mexico border region centered on California’s Imperial Valley.
|
E325404
|
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: Imperial | Statement: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Imperial]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Imperial]
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A.
Imperator
Imperator was an ancient Roman title originally meaning "commander" and later associated with the supreme military and political authority of the emperor.
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B.
Nueva Imperial
Nueva Imperial is a Chilean town and municipality in the Araucanía Region, known for its strong Mapuche cultural presence and agricultural surroundings.
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C.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
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D.
Regal
Regal is a major American movie theater chain known for operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
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E.
Count of the Empire
Count of the Empire was a noble title in Napoleonic France granted by Emperor Napoleon I as part of his new imperial aristocracy.
- 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: Imperial Triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Imperial]
Generated description
Imperial is a sprawling nonfiction work by William T. Vollmann that examines the history, politics, economy, and human cost of the U.S.–Mexico border region centered on California’s Imperial Valley.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Target entity description: Imperial is a sprawling nonfiction work by William T. Vollmann that examines the history, politics, economy, and human cost of the U.S.–Mexico border region centered on California’s Imperial Valley.
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A.
Imperator
Imperator was an ancient Roman title originally meaning "commander" and later associated with the supreme military and political authority of the emperor.
-
B.
Nueva Imperial
Nueva Imperial is a Chilean town and municipality in the Araucanía Region, known for its strong Mapuche cultural presence and agricultural surroundings.
-
C.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
-
D.
Regal
Regal is a major American movie theater chain known for operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
-
E.
Count of the Empire
Count of the Empire was a noble title in Napoleonic France granted by Emperor Napoleon I as part of his new imperial aristocracy.
- 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.