Triple

T4384717
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tracy Kidder E99213 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Old Friends
Old Friends is a nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that intimately chronicles the lives, friendship, and daily experiences of two elderly men in a nursing home.
 E436515 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: Old Friends | Statement: [Tracy Kidder, notableWork, Old Friends]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Old Friends
Context triple: [Tracy Kidder, notableWork, Old Friends]
  • A. Old Friends from Young Years
    Old Friends from Young Years is the debut studio album by American rock band Papa Roach, showcasing their early nu metal and alternative rock sound.
  • B. Circle of Friends
    Circle of Friends is a 1995 romantic drama film, based on Maeve Binchy’s novel, in which Alan Cumming appears alongside Minnie Driver and Chris O’Donnell.
  • C. You Can't Make Old Friends
    "You Can't Make Old Friends" is a country song best known for its recording by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, reflecting on the enduring bond of lifelong friendship.
  • D. These Friends of Mine
    These Friends of Mine is the original title of the 1990s ABC sitcom that later became known as Ellen, starring Ellen DeGeneres.
  • E. Friend of Mine
    "Friend of Mine" is a track by The Notorious B.I.G. from his landmark 1994 debut hip-hop album *Ready to Die*.
  • 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: Old Friends
Triple: [Tracy Kidder, notableWork, Old Friends]
Generated description
Old Friends is a nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that intimately chronicles the lives, friendship, and daily experiences of two elderly men in a nursing home.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Old Friends
Target entity description: Old Friends is a nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that intimately chronicles the lives, friendship, and daily experiences of two elderly men in a nursing home.
  • A. Old Friends from Young Years
    Old Friends from Young Years is the debut studio album by American rock band Papa Roach, showcasing their early nu metal and alternative rock sound.
  • B. Circle of Friends
    Circle of Friends is a 1995 romantic drama film, based on Maeve Binchy’s novel, in which Alan Cumming appears alongside Minnie Driver and Chris O’Donnell.
  • C. You Can't Make Old Friends
    "You Can't Make Old Friends" is a country song best known for its recording by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, reflecting on the enduring bond of lifelong friendship.
  • D. These Friends of Mine
    These Friends of Mine is the original title of the 1990s ABC sitcom that later became known as Ellen, starring Ellen DeGeneres.
  • E. Friend of Mine
    "Friend of Mine" is a track by The Notorious B.I.G. from his landmark 1994 debut hip-hop album *Ready to Die*.
  • 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_69b3454f739481909ff6c28331f0c0b9 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35263970c8190904ee20d81715833 completed March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e523cc5c8190b9884f83d433982c completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5eeaf35348190a1611f5b04baed1f completed March 14, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ef5c7e0c819080b0e8914dcd6568 completed March 14, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m.