Triple

T80422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry David Thoreau E1614 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
E9525 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: The Maine Woods | Statement: [Henry David Thoreau, notableWork, The Maine Woods]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Maine Woods
Context triple: [Henry David Thoreau, notableWork, The Maine Woods]
  • A. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
  • B. Walden; or, Life in the Woods
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.
  • C. Life on the Mississippi
    Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
  • D. City of Trees
    City of Trees is a popular nickname for Sacramento, California, highlighting its extensive urban tree canopy and lush greenery.
  • E. In the Shadow of Man
    In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
  • 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: The Maine Woods
Triple: [Henry David Thoreau, notableWork, The Maine Woods]
Generated description
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Maine Woods
Target entity description: The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
  • A. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
  • B. The Pearl of Orr's Island
    The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
  • C. Walden; or, Life in the Woods
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.
  • D. The Last Frontier
    The Last Frontier is a popular nickname for Alaska, highlighting its vast wilderness, remoteness, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
  • E. Life on the Mississippi
    Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f354d088190972791051d2d99f8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a266ea53f48190a0a09700697ffd45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a26ada5f908190afcc754be9fffd07 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a26b668a948190811c208dae793975 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.