Triple

T763825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Steinbeck E16129 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck that humorously and poignantly portrays the lives of a group of paisano friends in post–World War I Monterey, California.
E92664 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: Tortilla Flat | Statement: [John Steinbeck, notableWork, Tortilla Flat]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tortilla Flat
Context triple: [John Steinbeck, notableWork, Tortilla Flat]
  • A. Cannery Row
    Cannery Row is a 1945 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the lives of down-and-out but warm-hearted characters in a sardine-canning district of Monterey, California.
  • B. In Dubious Battle
    In Dubious Battle is a 1936 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the struggles and moral complexities of labor organizing during a fruit pickers’ strike in California.
  • C. The Ghost of Tom Joad
    The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
  • D. The Grass Harp
    The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
  • E. East of Eden
    East of Eden is a 1955 American drama film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, best known for its direction by Elia Kazan and one of James Dean’s most iconic performances.
  • 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: Tortilla Flat
Triple: [John Steinbeck, notableWork, Tortilla Flat]
Generated description
Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck that humorously and poignantly portrays the lives of a group of paisano friends in post–World War I Monterey, California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tortilla Flat
Target entity description: Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck that humorously and poignantly portrays the lives of a group of paisano friends in post–World War I Monterey, California.
  • A. Cannery Row
    Cannery Row is a 1945 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the lives of down-and-out but warm-hearted characters in a sardine-canning district of Monterey, California.
  • B. In Dubious Battle
    In Dubious Battle is a 1936 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the struggles and moral complexities of labor organizing during a fruit pickers’ strike in California.
  • C. The Ghost of Tom Joad
    The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
  • D. The Grass Harp
    The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
  • E. East of Eden
    East of Eden is a 1955 American drama film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, best known for its direction by Elia Kazan and one of James Dean’s most iconic performances.
  • 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a69c8c448190a036a04fd8fdd2c2 completed March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6733773588190885d03d714e21b37 completed March 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a673e52db88190b20f133df15cba29 completed March 3, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a674487c8c8190bff97a51587787ef completed March 3, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.