Triple

T4029638
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patrick Ness E83674 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object Topics About Which I Know Nothing
Topics About Which I Know Nothing is a short story collection by Patrick Ness that explores contemporary life through darkly humorous, emotionally resonant, and often surreal narratives.
E409549 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: Topics About Which I Know Nothing | Statement: [Patrick Ness, authorOf, Topics About Which I Know Nothing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topics About Which I Know Nothing
Context triple: [Patrick Ness, authorOf, Topics About Which I Know Nothing]
  • A. The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
    The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge is an influential essay arguing that seemingly impractical, curiosity-driven research is essential for major scientific and societal advances.
  • B. Knowledge and Human Interests
    Knowledge and Human Interests is a seminal 1968 work of critical social theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes how different human interests shape the forms and purposes of knowledge.
  • C. Don’t Know Much
    "Don’t Know Much" is a popular 1989 adult contemporary ballad best known for Linda Ronstadt’s Grammy-winning duet version with Aaron Neville.
  • D. The Knowledge
    The Knowledge is a socially conscious R&B/New Jack Swing track by Janet Jackson from her landmark album "Rhythm Nation 1814," emphasizing the importance of education and awareness.
  • E. The Challenge of Facts
    "The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
  • 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: Topics About Which I Know Nothing
Triple: [Patrick Ness, authorOf, Topics About Which I Know Nothing]
Generated description
Topics About Which I Know Nothing is a short story collection by Patrick Ness that explores contemporary life through darkly humorous, emotionally resonant, and often surreal narratives.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topics About Which I Know Nothing
Target entity description: Topics About Which I Know Nothing is a short story collection by Patrick Ness that explores contemporary life through darkly humorous, emotionally resonant, and often surreal narratives.
  • A. The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
    The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge is an influential essay arguing that seemingly impractical, curiosity-driven research is essential for major scientific and societal advances.
  • B. Knowledge and Human Interests
    Knowledge and Human Interests is a seminal 1968 work of critical social theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes how different human interests shape the forms and purposes of knowledge.
  • C. Don’t Know Much
    "Don’t Know Much" is a popular 1989 adult contemporary ballad best known for Linda Ronstadt’s Grammy-winning duet version with Aaron Neville.
  • D. The Knowledge
    The Knowledge is a socially conscious R&B/New Jack Swing track by Janet Jackson from her landmark album "Rhythm Nation 1814," emphasizing the importance of education and awareness.
  • E. The Challenge of Facts
    "The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
  • 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_69aed92e29ac819080f7a98b594fec05 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefaf1d8208190951a20ad7e5ab7bc completed March 9, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b556358f148190be7008092d0023af completed March 14, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b55a5b292481908723530461bad562 completed March 14, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b55ae09ac48190a014aaf5b309e029 completed March 14, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:36 p.m.