Triple

T5008128
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian McEwan E112546 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Child in Time
The Child in Time is a 1987 novel by Ian McEwan that explores the psychological and emotional aftermath of a child's abduction, blending themes of grief, time, and the fragility of family life.
E487091 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: The Child in Time | Statement: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, The Child in Time]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Child in Time
Context triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, The Child in Time]
  • A. Nick of Time
    "Nick of Time" is a classic episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a superstitious man becomes obsessed with a fortune-telling machine in a small-town diner.
  • B. The Refusal of Time
    The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
  • C. A Time on Earth
    A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
  • D. Voyage in Time
    Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
  • E. The Invasion of Time
    The Invasion of Time is a 1978 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor returning to Gallifrey and seizing control of the Time Lords’ Citadel amid a complex alien invasion plot.
  • 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: The Child in Time
Triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, The Child in Time]
Generated description
The Child in Time is a 1987 novel by Ian McEwan that explores the psychological and emotional aftermath of a child's abduction, blending themes of grief, time, and the fragility of family life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Child in Time
Target entity description: The Child in Time is a 1987 novel by Ian McEwan that explores the psychological and emotional aftermath of a child's abduction, blending themes of grief, time, and the fragility of family life.
  • A. Nick of Time
    "Nick of Time" is a classic episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a superstitious man becomes obsessed with a fortune-telling machine in a small-town diner.
  • B. The Refusal of Time
    The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
  • C. A Time on Earth
    A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
  • D. Voyage in Time
    Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
  • E. The Invasion of Time
    The Invasion of Time is a 1978 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor returning to Gallifrey and seizing control of the Time Lords’ Citadel amid a complex alien invasion plot.
  • 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_69bd4433d0b08190877e83959ef40d81 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd72eb05f881908d7dc3d7cd07b2ae completed March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9266314881909dfb710c5b5c8f65 completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be93cfbe2881908cf97dd9ec5d28b5 completed March 21, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9448b5148190903775d394a095f0 completed March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.