Triple
T4543590
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ian McDonald |
E109993
|
entity |
| Predicate | wrote |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Desolation Road |
E451731
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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, wrote, Desolation Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desolation Road Context triple: [Ian McDonald, wrote, Desolation Road]
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A.
Desolation Road
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bdc564452c819080beada43c9ba7b1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.