Triple

T8163883
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Viking E190640 entity
Predicate publisherOf P1760 FINISHED
Object The Shipping News
The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Annie Proulx that follows a struggling newspaperman who relocates with his family to a remote Newfoundland town, exploring themes of identity, community, and renewal.
E715397 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 Shipping News | Statement: [Viking, publisherOf, The Shipping News]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shipping News
Context triple: [Viking, publisherOf, The Shipping News]
  • A. The Shipping News
    The Shipping News is a 2001 drama film, based on E. Annie Proulx’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, about a troubled man who relocates with his family to a remote Newfoundland fishing village and slowly rebuilds his life.
  • B. The Wake
    The Wake is the concluding story arc of Neil Gaiman’s comic series The Sandman, focusing on the aftermath of Dream’s death and the gathering of friends and foes to mourn and reflect on his legacy.
  • C. The Land of Steady Habits
    The Land of Steady Habits is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Connecticut, reflecting its reputation for conservatism and stable customs.
  • D. The Whales of August
    The Whales of August is a 1987 drama film best known as one of silent film legend Lillian Gish’s final screen performances, portraying the late-summer lives of two elderly sisters on the Maine coast.
  • E. The Passenger
    "The Passenger" is a 1977 rock song by Iggy Pop, known for its driving rhythm, iconic "la-la-la" chorus, and enduring influence as one of his signature tracks.
  • 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 Shipping News
Triple: [Viking, publisherOf, The Shipping News]
Generated description
The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Annie Proulx that follows a struggling newspaperman who relocates with his family to a remote Newfoundland town, exploring themes of identity, community, and renewal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shipping News
Target entity description: The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Annie Proulx that follows a struggling newspaperman who relocates with his family to a remote Newfoundland town, exploring themes of identity, community, and renewal.
  • A. The Shipping News
    The Shipping News is a 2001 drama film, based on E. Annie Proulx’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, about a troubled man who relocates with his family to a remote Newfoundland fishing village and slowly rebuilds his life.
  • B. The Wake
    The Wake is the concluding story arc of Neil Gaiman’s comic series The Sandman, focusing on the aftermath of Dream’s death and the gathering of friends and foes to mourn and reflect on his legacy.
  • C. The Land of Steady Habits
    The Land of Steady Habits is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Connecticut, reflecting its reputation for conservatism and stable customs.
  • D. The Whales of August
    The Whales of August is a 1987 drama film best known as one of silent film legend Lillian Gish’s final screen performances, portraying the late-summer lives of two elderly sisters on the Maine coast.
  • E. The Passenger
    "The Passenger" is a 1977 rock song by Iggy Pop, known for its driving rhythm, iconic "la-la-la" chorus, and enduring influence as one of his signature tracks.
  • 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_69ca82c0ef14819083713f4473dd847c completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4557ebc88190b4e2cab258374d23 completed March 31, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf3ed24c8190b4874e63fcaa50a9 completed April 1, 2026, 6:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc24d568081908b3c94edd35f071c completed April 1, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccc394a5488190b48681f4781f1be6 completed April 1, 2026, 7:04 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:38 p.m.