Triple

T3968516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thom Steinbeck E92272 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In the Shadow of the Cypress
In the Shadow of the Cypress is a historical mystery novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines Chinese and American histories along the California coast.
E401248 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: In the Shadow of the Cypress | Statement: [Thom Steinbeck, notableWork, In the Shadow of the Cypress]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Context triple: [Thom Steinbeck, notableWork, In the Shadow of the Cypress]
  • A. In the Shadow of Man
    In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
  • B. The Valley of Ghosts
    The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
  • C. Shadows on the Rock
    Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
  • D. The Mountain Shadow
    The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
  • E. From the Other Shore
    From the Other Shore is a collection of philosophical and political essays by Russian thinker Alexander Herzen, reflecting on European revolutions, socialism, and the fate of Russia in the mid-19th century.
  • 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: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Triple: [Thom Steinbeck, notableWork, In the Shadow of the Cypress]
Generated description
In the Shadow of the Cypress is a historical mystery novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines Chinese and American histories along the California coast.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Target entity description: In the Shadow of the Cypress is a historical mystery novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines Chinese and American histories along the California coast.
  • A. In the Shadow of Man
    In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
  • B. The Valley of Ghosts
    The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
  • C. Shadows on the Rock
    Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
  • D. The Mountain Shadow
    The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
  • E. From the Other Shore
    From the Other Shore is a collection of philosophical and political essays by Russian thinker Alexander Herzen, reflecting on European revolutions, socialism, and the fate of Russia in the mid-19th century.
  • 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_69aed96624188190ac8c45bb57ab72b5 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef992d6bc8190be1b244eb87f2964 completed March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b533c189a88190b3a81c63621b98ac completed March 14, 2026, 10:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b53470617c8190ab92103943c8ac7b completed March 14, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5352cae14819097fdf02b324fe814 completed March 14, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.