Triple
T7257187
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Englund |
E157749
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
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FINISHED |
| Object |
novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation)
The novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer is a Cold War–era political satire that critiques American diplomatic arrogance and cultural insensitivity in Southeast Asia.
|
E652660
|
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: novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation) | Statement: [George Englund, basedOn, novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation) Context triple: [George Englund, basedOn, novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation)]
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A.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
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B.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
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C.
novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1952 war novel by Pierre Boulle that dramatizes the construction of a Japanese POW railway bridge in World War II, exploring themes of honor, duty, and the absurdity of war.
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D.
An American in Washington
"An American in Washington" is a book by Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and humorist Russell Baker, offering his characteristically witty observations on American politics and life in the nation’s capital.
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E.
book "Bitter Fruit"
"Bitter Fruit" is a nonfiction book that examines the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala and the role of the United Fruit Company in shaping U.S. foreign policy and Latin American politics.
- 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: novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation) Triple: [George Englund, basedOn, novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation)]
Generated description
The novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer is a Cold War–era political satire that critiques American diplomatic arrogance and cultural insensitivity in Southeast Asia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation) Target entity description: The novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer is a Cold War–era political satire that critiques American diplomatic arrogance and cultural insensitivity in Southeast Asia.
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A.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
-
B.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, set in 1950s Vietnam and exploring political intrigue, moral ambiguity, and the early stages of U.S. involvement in the region.
-
C.
novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1952 war novel by Pierre Boulle that dramatizes the construction of a Japanese POW railway bridge in World War II, exploring themes of honor, duty, and the absurdity of war.
-
D.
An American in Washington
"An American in Washington" is a book by Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and humorist Russell Baker, offering his characteristically witty observations on American politics and life in the nation’s capital.
-
E.
book "Bitter Fruit"
"Bitter Fruit" is a nonfiction book that examines the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala and the role of the United Fruit Company in shaping U.S. foreign policy and Latin American politics.
- 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_69c6882d81d4819085f7ff862951ee4f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eaa3d88081908f59ca5a85790290 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7d3b541708190b66233813b167453 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7d44f36e881909d107cc625ebcfca |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7d4cc3e78819098eb8ccfe7c42cc5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:57 p.m.