Triple

T516400

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	A Million Ways to Die in the West	`E10718`	entity
Predicate	basedOn	`P98`	FINISHED
Object	A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) is a comedic Western book by Seth MacFarlane that expands on the story and humor of his film of the same name, following a cowardly sheep farmer in the dangerous American frontier.	`E64333`	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: A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) | Statement: [A Million Ways to Die in the West, basedOn, A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)
Context triple: [A Million Ways to Die in the West, basedOn, A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)]

A. A Million Ways to Die in the West
A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 satirical Western comedy film directed by and starring Seth MacFarlane, known for its irreverent humor and parody of classic frontier tropes.
B. The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 neo-noir crime thriller film, based on Jim Thompson’s novel, in which Casey Affleck plays a seemingly mild-mannered small-town deputy sheriff hiding a violent psychopathic nature.
C. The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 American Western film directed by Sam Raimi, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio among an ensemble cast in a story centered on a deadly quick-draw shooting contest.
D. Wild West
Wild West refers to the American frontier period of the late 19th century, characterized by westward expansion, lawlessness, cowboys, and conflicts between settlers, Native Americans, and outlaws.
E. The Lone Star
The Lone Star is a popular nickname for the national flag of Chile, highlighting its single prominent white star on a blue field.
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: A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)
Triple: [A Million Ways to Die in the West, basedOn, A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)]

Generated description

A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) is a comedic Western book by Seth MacFarlane that expands on the story and humor of his film of the same name, following a cowardly sheep farmer in the dangerous American frontier.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel)
Target entity description: A Million Ways to Die in the West (novel) is a comedic Western book by Seth MacFarlane that expands on the story and humor of his film of the same name, following a cowardly sheep farmer in the dangerous American frontier.

A. A Million Ways to Die in the West
A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 satirical Western comedy film directed by and starring Seth MacFarlane, known for its irreverent humor and parody of classic frontier tropes.
B. The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 neo-noir crime thriller film, based on Jim Thompson’s novel, in which Casey Affleck plays a seemingly mild-mannered small-town deputy sheriff hiding a violent psychopathic nature.
C. The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 American Western film directed by Sam Raimi, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio among an ensemble cast in a story centered on a deadly quick-draw shooting contest.
D. Wild West
Wild West refers to the American frontier period of the late 19th century, characterized by westward expansion, lawlessness, cowboys, and conflicts between settlers, Native Americans, and outlaws.
E. The Lone Star
The Lone Star is a popular nickname for the national flag of Chile, highlighting its single prominent white star on a blue field.
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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a2f184c3a481909bf60bb627b0ea88`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a4a42b9a648190ab38c181da2ae0f6`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a4a49eac5c8190bd85226bfb9309f2`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a4a5597fe88190ab40a6e725cd138d`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.