Triple
T382215
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The English Patient |
E8704
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
|
E48045
|
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: Michael Ondaatje | Statement: [The English Patient, authorOfSourceWork, Michael Ondaatje]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Ondaatje Context triple: [The English Patient, authorOfSourceWork, Michael Ondaatje]
-
A.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian author and poet best known for her speculative fiction works such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Oryx and Crake."
-
B.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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C.
Helen Garner
Helen Garner is an acclaimed Australian novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for her incisive explorations of everyday life, relationships, and moral complexity.
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D.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist renowned for his magical realist works, particularly "Midnight's Children" and the controversial "The Satanic Verses."
-
E.
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for her nuanced portrayals of the Indian-American immigrant experience and themes of identity, displacement, and cultural conflict.
- 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: Michael Ondaatje Triple: [The English Patient, authorOfSourceWork, Michael Ondaatje]
Generated description
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Ondaatje Target entity description: Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
-
A.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian author and poet best known for her speculative fiction works such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Oryx and Crake."
-
B.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
-
C.
Helen Garner
Helen Garner is an acclaimed Australian novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for her incisive explorations of everyday life, relationships, and moral complexity.
-
D.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist renowned for his magical realist works, particularly "Midnight's Children" and the controversial "The Satanic Verses."
-
E.
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for her nuanced portrayals of the Indian-American immigrant experience and themes of identity, displacement, and cultural conflict.
- 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec2e3d5c8190b358bd9fd6b16a14 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3fb0100fc8190819b977bb7a98d7f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3fb6569e881909d52f07a4207ed24 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3fbdfdfcc81909ae03736623594d5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:42 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.