Triple

T319648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Dean Howells E7784 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham is an 1885 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social class, moral integrity, and the American business ethic through the story of a self-made paint manufacturer in post–Civil War Boston.
E41213 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 Rise of Silas Lapham | Statement: [William Dean Howells, notableWork, The Rise of Silas Lapham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rise of Silas Lapham
Context triple: [William Dean Howells, notableWork, The Rise of Silas Lapham]
  • A. The Grass Harp
    The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
  • B. Poor Richard's Almanack
    Poor Richard's Almanack is a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin in colonial America, famous for its witty aphorisms, practical advice, and wide influence on early American culture.
  • C. Shirley
    Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
  • D. Shirley
    Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
  • E. Shirley
    Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
  • 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 Rise of Silas Lapham
Triple: [William Dean Howells, notableWork, The Rise of Silas Lapham]
Generated description
The Rise of Silas Lapham is an 1885 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social class, moral integrity, and the American business ethic through the story of a self-made paint manufacturer in post–Civil War Boston.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rise of Silas Lapham
Target entity description: The Rise of Silas Lapham is an 1885 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social class, moral integrity, and the American business ethic through the story of a self-made paint manufacturer in post–Civil War Boston.
  • A. The Grass Harp
    The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
  • B. Poor Richard's Almanack
    Poor Richard's Almanack is a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin in colonial America, famous for its witty aphorisms, practical advice, and wide influence on early American culture.
  • C. Shirley
    Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
  • D. Shirley
    Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
  • E. Shirley
    Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
  • 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea7edbc48190b9031bd1af48f72a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c8bb194c8190ad97517695e6f1a2 completed March 1, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c95cf3b48190a5502a6b12fe0e4c completed March 1, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ca63f1c4819086f8959e51976f5c completed March 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.