Triple

T7631646
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roland Barthes E172770 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Empire of Signs
Empire of Signs is a semiotic and philosophical essay by Roland Barthes that explores Japanese culture as a constructed system of signs to question Western assumptions about meaning and representation.
E678784 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: Empire of Signs | Statement: [Roland Barthes, notableWork, Empire of Signs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire of Signs
Context triple: [Roland Barthes, notableWork, Empire of Signs]
  • A. Book of the Sign
    Book of the Sign is the English title of the medieval Hebrew work "Sefer ha-Ot," a Jewish mystical and ethical text traditionally attributed to Rabbi Judah the Pious.
  • B. Street of Facades
    Street of Facades is a row of monumental Nabataean tombs and dwellings carved into the sandstone cliffs along a main thoroughfare in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan.
  • C. Book of Signs
    The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
  • D. The Meaning of the City
    The Meaning of the City is a theological and sociological study by Jacques Ellul that explores the city as a symbol of human rebellion against God and a central locus of modern alienation and idolatry.
  • E. La Signature
    La Signature is a boutique located in Epcot’s France Pavilion at Walt Disney World, offering French-themed merchandise and souvenirs.
  • 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: Empire of Signs
Triple: [Roland Barthes, notableWork, Empire of Signs]
Generated description
Empire of Signs is a semiotic and philosophical essay by Roland Barthes that explores Japanese culture as a constructed system of signs to question Western assumptions about meaning and representation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire of Signs
Target entity description: Empire of Signs is a semiotic and philosophical essay by Roland Barthes that explores Japanese culture as a constructed system of signs to question Western assumptions about meaning and representation.
  • A. Book of the Sign
    Book of the Sign is the English title of the medieval Hebrew work "Sefer ha-Ot," a Jewish mystical and ethical text traditionally attributed to Rabbi Judah the Pious.
  • B. Street of Facades
    Street of Facades is a row of monumental Nabataean tombs and dwellings carved into the sandstone cliffs along a main thoroughfare in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan.
  • C. Book of Signs
    The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
  • D. The Meaning of the City
    The Meaning of the City is a theological and sociological study by Jacques Ellul that explores the city as a symbol of human rebellion against God and a central locus of modern alienation and idolatry.
  • E. La Signature
    La Signature is a boutique located in Epcot’s France Pavilion at Walt Disney World, offering French-themed merchandise and souvenirs.
  • 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_69c699517e348190bd3348b6889200f2 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6faa4d2808190942129110711788b completed March 27, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c870b95c1c8190a7d885bd0a534a6a completed March 29, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8723391f48190b60ba8952c9ccca7 completed March 29, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c87401aaa48190b3e44298fcd3f37f completed March 29, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:57 p.m.