Triple
T5380508
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. M. Coetzee |
E113069
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K is a Booker Prize–winning novel by J. M. Coetzee that follows a marginalized man’s journey across a war-torn South Africa, exploring themes of freedom, identity, and state power.
|
E515401
|
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: Life & Times of Michael K | Statement: [J. M. Coetzee, notableWork, Life & Times of Michael K]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life & Times of Michael K Context triple: [J. M. Coetzee, notableWork, Life & Times of Michael K]
-
A.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North is a landmark 1966 novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that explores themes of colonialism, identity, and cultural conflict between Europe and Africa.
-
B.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
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C.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
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D.
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
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E.
Young Mungo
Young Mungo is a critically acclaimed novel by Douglas Stuart that explores queer love, masculinity, and sectarian violence in working-class Glasgow.
- 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: Life & Times of Michael K Triple: [J. M. Coetzee, notableWork, Life & Times of Michael K]
Generated description
Life & Times of Michael K is a Booker Prize–winning novel by J. M. Coetzee that follows a marginalized man’s journey across a war-torn South Africa, exploring themes of freedom, identity, and state power.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life & Times of Michael K Target entity description: Life & Times of Michael K is a Booker Prize–winning novel by J. M. Coetzee that follows a marginalized man’s journey across a war-torn South Africa, exploring themes of freedom, identity, and state power.
-
A.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North is a landmark 1966 novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that explores themes of colonialism, identity, and cultural conflict between Europe and Africa.
-
B.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
-
C.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
-
D.
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
-
E.
Young Mungo
Young Mungo is a critically acclaimed novel by Douglas Stuart that explores queer love, masculinity, and sectarian violence in working-class Glasgow.
- 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86ce56c88190a66b3852416edccb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf2949cd9881908ca0d8fdf1642f71 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf2a46c4808190bd706cbb76bbfbc2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2ab19a50819098ef5a611daa8cd6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.