Triple

T8316241
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cthulhu Mythos E194712 entity
Predicate expandedByAuthor P5633 FINISHED
Object Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
E751575 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: Clark Ashton Smith | Statement: [Cthulhu Mythos, expandedByAuthor, Clark Ashton Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clark Ashton Smith
Context triple: [Cthulhu Mythos, expandedByAuthor, Clark Ashton Smith]
  • A. H. P. Lovecraft
    H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
  • B. August Derleth
    August Derleth was an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for championing H. P. Lovecraft’s work and developing the shared universe of weird fiction that became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.
  • C. Winfield Scott Lovecraft
    Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
  • D. James Branch Cabell
    James Branch Cabell was an American author best known for his ironic and fantastical novels set in the mythical province of Poictesme, particularly the once-controversial book "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice."
  • E. Edmond Hamilton
    Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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: Clark Ashton Smith
Triple: [Cthulhu Mythos, expandedByAuthor, Clark Ashton Smith]
Generated description
Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clark Ashton Smith
Target entity description: Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
  • A. H. P. Lovecraft
    H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
  • B. August Derleth
    August Derleth was an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for championing H. P. Lovecraft’s work and developing the shared universe of weird fiction that became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.
  • C. Winfield Scott Lovecraft
    Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
  • D. James Branch Cabell
    James Branch Cabell was an American author best known for his ironic and fantastical novels set in the mythical province of Poictesme, particularly the once-controversial book "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice."
  • E. Edmond Hamilton
    Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ca82e6e2648190a31eaf6f4f757b2a completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd120a1ec8190a8dc101fa1371780 completed March 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cef2d359208190bdeb494e090920ea completed April 2, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cef4cbc0788190bf95aa8058a8d895 completed April 2, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cef830e4e48190bf337a526cc82119 completed April 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.