Triple

T4861747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject China Miéville E108676 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object This Census-Taker
This Census-Taker is a short, enigmatic fantasy novella by China Miéville that follows a traumatized boy in a bleak, otherworldly landscape as he confronts the mystery of his parents and a sinister census-taker.
E474472 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: This Census-Taker | Statement: [China Miéville, notableWork, This Census-Taker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Census-Taker
Context triple: [China Miéville, notableWork, This Census-Taker]
  • A. The Sampling Officials
    The Sampling Officials is a famous 1662 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting Amsterdam drapers’ guild inspectors gathered around a table as if caught in mid-discussion.
  • B. Count Them In
    Count Them In is a Royal British Legion campaign aimed at improving recognition and support for the UK Armed Forces community, particularly through better data collection and representation.
  • C. Census Code
    The Census Code is the body of U.S. federal law that governs the collection, confidentiality, and publication of national statistical and census data.
  • D. The County
    The County is the colloquial nickname for Aroostook County in northern Maine, known for its vast rural landscape, potato farming, and strong cultural ties to both the United States and neighboring Canada.
  • E. Among People
    Among People is an alternative title for the film "In the World."
  • 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: This Census-Taker
Triple: [China Miéville, notableWork, This Census-Taker]
Generated description
This Census-Taker is a short, enigmatic fantasy novella by China Miéville that follows a traumatized boy in a bleak, otherworldly landscape as he confronts the mystery of his parents and a sinister census-taker.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Census-Taker
Target entity description: This Census-Taker is a short, enigmatic fantasy novella by China Miéville that follows a traumatized boy in a bleak, otherworldly landscape as he confronts the mystery of his parents and a sinister census-taker.
  • A. The Sampling Officials
    The Sampling Officials is a famous 1662 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting Amsterdam drapers’ guild inspectors gathered around a table as if caught in mid-discussion.
  • B. Count Them In
    Count Them In is a Royal British Legion campaign aimed at improving recognition and support for the UK Armed Forces community, particularly through better data collection and representation.
  • C. Census Code
    The Census Code is the body of U.S. federal law that governs the collection, confidentiality, and publication of national statistical and census data.
  • D. The County
    The County is the colloquial nickname for Aroostook County in northern Maine, known for its vast rural landscape, potato farming, and strong cultural ties to both the United States and neighboring Canada.
  • E. Among People
    Among People is an alternative title for the film "In the World."
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d5f62b48190b367ed1b850cfbcb completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cf921cc8190a092bb69c1981890 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5e833ca88190b89dda5cafb180fe completed March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5eed97a08190afd99a0700f1f4c7 completed March 21, 2026, 9:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.