Triple
T7572892
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Single Man (film) |
E179287
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A Single Man (novel)
A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood that follows a day in the life of a grieving, middle-aged English professor in Los Angeles, exploring themes of identity, loss, and gay life in mid-20th-century America.
|
E10361
|
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 Single Man (novel) | Statement: [A Single Man (film), basedOn, A Single Man (novel)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Single Man (novel) Context triple: [A Single Man (film), basedOn, A Single Man (novel)]
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A.
A Single Man
A Single Man is a 2009 drama film directed by Tom Ford, adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel, in which Colin Firth plays a grieving gay college professor in 1960s Los Angeles.
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B.
The Hours
The Hours is a 2002 drama film, based on Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that interweaves the lives of three women in different eras connected by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.
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C.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach is a novella by Ian McEwan that explores the fragile early hours of a young couple’s marriage in 1960s England, focusing on miscommunication, sexual anxiety, and the lasting consequences of a single night.
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D.
An Occasional Man
"An Occasional Man" is a lighthearted popular song from the mid-20th century American songbook, known for its playful, tropical-themed lyrics and catchy melody.
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E.
Away from Her
Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian drama film, directed by Sarah Polley and based on an Alice Munro short story, about a long-married couple coping with Alzheimer's disease and separation.
- 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 Single Man (novel) Triple: [A Single Man (film), basedOn, A Single Man (novel)]
Generated description
A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood that follows a day in the life of a grieving, middle-aged English professor in Los Angeles, exploring themes of identity, loss, and gay life in mid-20th-century America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Single Man (novel) Target entity description: A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood that follows a day in the life of a grieving, middle-aged English professor in Los Angeles, exploring themes of identity, loss, and gay life in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
A Single Man
chosen
A Single Man is a 2009 drama film directed by Tom Ford, adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel, in which Colin Firth plays a grieving gay college professor in 1960s Los Angeles.
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B.
The Hours
The Hours is a 2002 drama film, based on Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that interweaves the lives of three women in different eras connected by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.
-
C.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach is a novella by Ian McEwan that explores the fragile early hours of a young couple’s marriage in 1960s England, focusing on miscommunication, sexual anxiety, and the lasting consequences of a single night.
-
D.
An Occasional Man
"An Occasional Man" is a lighthearted popular song from the mid-20th century American songbook, known for its playful, tropical-themed lyrics and catchy melody.
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E.
Away from Her
Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian drama film, directed by Sarah Polley and based on an Alice Munro short story, about a long-married couple coping with Alzheimer's disease and separation.
- F. None of above.
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_69c69f316e50819081a271c85c06f918 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f94710a0819094508356b8d610ab |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8683baa248190964922e0add0b697 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c869676d908190bc93f6f6783f1102 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c869c54ad08190ba42231080d0e9f3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:51 p.m.