Triple

T4543570
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian McDonald E109993 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Desolation Road
Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
E451731 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: Desolation Road | Statement: [Ian McDonald, notableWork, Desolation Road]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desolation Road
Context triple: [Ian McDonald, notableWork, Desolation Road]
  • A. Sunken Road
    Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
  • B. Hell’s Highway
    Hell’s Highway is the nickname for the main Allied supply route used during Operation Market Garden in World War II, running through the Netherlands and including key crossings such as the Son bridge.
  • C. Diablo Road
    Diablo Road is a main local thoroughfare in Contra Costa County, California, providing access to the unincorporated community of Diablo and surrounding residential areas.
  • D. Sunrise Road
    Sunrise Road is a scenic mountain roadway in Mount Rainier National Park that climbs to the Sunrise area, one of the park’s highest and most popular viewpoints.
  • E. Badwater Road
    Badwater Road is a scenic highway in Death Valley National Park that provides access to the famously low-lying Badwater Basin and other desert landmarks.
  • 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: Desolation Road
Triple: [Ian McDonald, notableWork, Desolation Road]
Generated description
Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desolation Road
Target entity description: Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
  • A. Sunken Road
    Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
  • B. Hell’s Highway
    Hell’s Highway is the nickname for the main Allied supply route used during Operation Market Garden in World War II, running through the Netherlands and including key crossings such as the Son bridge.
  • C. Diablo Road
    Diablo Road is a main local thoroughfare in Contra Costa County, California, providing access to the unincorporated community of Diablo and surrounding residential areas.
  • D. Sunrise Road
    Sunrise Road is a scenic mountain roadway in Mount Rainier National Park that climbs to the Sunrise area, one of the park’s highest and most popular viewpoints.
  • E. Badwater Road
    Badwater Road is a scenic highway in Death Valley National Park that provides access to the famously low-lying Badwater Basin and other desert landmarks.
  • 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_69bd4412524c8190be5bcc9ddee91848 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57d517e881909c3d23ed4453b0a7 completed March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb92eeaf081909a868825e3a878c7 completed March 20, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbe9f0fec8190aa42177fcd1b0f51 completed March 20, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbf59f97c8190a7669e6459c42f16 completed March 20, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.