Triple

T335053
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Mann E6705 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
E42633 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: Doctor Faustus | Statement: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, Doctor Faustus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Faustus
Context triple: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, Doctor Faustus]
  • A. Murder in the Cathedral
    Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that dramatizes the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket and explores themes of faith, power, and spiritual temptation.
  • B. Voodoo Macbeth
    Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
  • C. The Crucible
    The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller that uses the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria in the United States.
  • D. The Gentleman of Venice
    The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
  • E. The Spectre Bridegroom
    The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
  • 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: Doctor Faustus
Triple: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, Doctor Faustus]
Generated description
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Faustus
Target entity description: Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
  • A. Murder in the Cathedral
    Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that dramatizes the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket and explores themes of faith, power, and spiritual temptation.
  • B. Voodoo Macbeth
    Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
  • C. The Crucible
    The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller that uses the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria in the United States.
  • D. The Gentleman of Venice
    The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
  • E. The Spectre Bridegroom
    The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
  • 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eac641708190b85fa21368e5de8e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3d247650481909006cc27bfa385e3 completed March 1, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d2d8aa64819095cdee306bec77ec completed March 1, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d370d200819089eaf114357a8ca3 completed March 1, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.