Triple

T3331155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Dos Passos E70035 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel is a 1930 modernist novel by John Dos Passos that opens his U.S.A. trilogy, portraying early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques and multiple interwoven characters.
E347946 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 42nd Parallel | Statement: [John Dos Passos, notableWork, The 42nd Parallel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The 42nd Parallel
Context triple: [John Dos Passos, notableWork, The 42nd Parallel]
  • A. Heart of America
    Heart of America is a nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, highlighting its central location and cultural significance in the United States.
  • B. Crossroads of America
    Crossroads of America is a nickname for Indianapolis that reflects its historic and contemporary role as a major national transportation and logistics hub.
  • C. Gateway to America
    Gateway to America is a nickname for Ellis Island, the historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Land of Lincoln
    Land of Lincoln is a nickname for the U.S. state of Illinois, highlighting its strong historical association with President Abraham Lincoln.
  • E. The Great Divide
    "The Great Divide" is a pop ballad by American singer Rebecca Black that marked a more mature musical direction in her career following her viral debut.
  • 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 42nd Parallel
Triple: [John Dos Passos, notableWork, The 42nd Parallel]
Generated description
The 42nd Parallel is a 1930 modernist novel by John Dos Passos that opens his U.S.A. trilogy, portraying early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques and multiple interwoven characters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The 42nd Parallel
Target entity description: The 42nd Parallel is a 1930 modernist novel by John Dos Passos that opens his U.S.A. trilogy, portraying early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques and multiple interwoven characters.
  • A. Heart of America
    Heart of America is a nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, highlighting its central location and cultural significance in the United States.
  • B. Crossroads of America
    Crossroads of America is a nickname for Indianapolis that reflects its historic and contemporary role as a major national transportation and logistics hub.
  • C. Gateway to America
    Gateway to America is a nickname for Ellis Island, the historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Land of Lincoln
    Land of Lincoln is a nickname for the U.S. state of Illinois, highlighting its strong historical association with President Abraham Lincoln.
  • E. The Great Divide
    "The Great Divide" is a pop ballad by American singer Rebecca Black that marked a more mature musical direction in her career following her viral debut.
  • 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_69ad85a24f208190bcf83131bfed3521 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb191e1988190a1d88596f6605aff completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a841c608190942e040c14f560d2 completed March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c37f3a08190823c32e8f933ce82 completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31caa4e188190b4dfd613fdaebdb6 completed March 12, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.