Triple
T8081409
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christopher John Reuel Tolkien |
E188623
|
entity |
| Predicate | editedWork |
P1954
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Silmarillion |
E179852
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Silmarillion | Statement: [Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, editedWork, The Silmarillion]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Silmarillion Context triple: [Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, editedWork, The Silmarillion]
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A.
The Silmarillion
chosen
The Silmarillion is a posthumously published collection of mythopoeic tales by J. R. R. Tolkien that outlines the creation and early history of Middle-earth, forming the foundational lore behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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B.
Unfinished Tales
Unfinished Tales is a posthumously published collection of J. R. R. Tolkien’s narratives and essays that expand the lore and backstory of Middle-earth and Númenor.
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C.
The History of Middle-earth
The History of Middle-earth is a twelve-volume scholarly series edited by Christopher Tolkien that presents and analyzes J.R.R. Tolkien’s drafts, notes, and essays chronicling the development of his Middle-earth legendarium.
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D.
Silmarils
The Silmarils are three legendary, radiant jewels in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, whose beauty and theft ignite the central conflicts of *The Silmarillion*.
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E.
legendarium of Middle-earth
The legendarium of Middle-earth is J.R.R. Tolkien’s expansive fictional universe encompassing the histories, peoples, languages, and myths of his works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82b662e88190b9323daab8c28a21 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb40a699388190a5b8e26524ae43e5 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cceceb7fa48190b1013a25fd8f14a5 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:28 p.m.