Triple

T8503962
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Gardner E201287 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Stillness and Shadows
Stillness and Shadows is a novel by American author John Gardner that explores complex moral and psychological themes through richly detailed character studies.
 E741578 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: Stillness and Shadows | Statement: [John Gardner, notableWork, Stillness and Shadows]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stillness and Shadows
Context triple: [John Gardner, notableWork, Stillness and Shadows]
  • A. Stillness
    "Stillness" is a literary work by Indian politician and author Varun Gandhi, reflecting his contemplative and introspective writing style.
  • B. Stillness
    "Stillness" is a 1970 studio album by Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 that blends Brazilian bossa nova with contemporary pop and folk influences.
  • C. Light and Shadow
    "Light and Shadow" is a track from Vangelis’s epic orchestral and electronic score for the film *1492: Conquest of Paradise*, known for its atmospheric and cinematic sound.
  • D. Voice of the Unseen
    Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
  • E. Valley of Silence
    The Valley of Silence is a high glacial valley on Mount Everest, renowned as the Western Cwm on the standard South Col climbing route.
  • 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: Stillness and Shadows
Triple: [John Gardner, notableWork, Stillness and Shadows]
Generated description
Stillness and Shadows is a novel by American author John Gardner that explores complex moral and psychological themes through richly detailed character studies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stillness and Shadows
Target entity description: Stillness and Shadows is a novel by American author John Gardner that explores complex moral and psychological themes through richly detailed character studies.
  • A. Stillness
    "Stillness" is a literary work by Indian politician and author Varun Gandhi, reflecting his contemplative and introspective writing style.
  • B. Stillness
    "Stillness" is a 1970 studio album by Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 that blends Brazilian bossa nova with contemporary pop and folk influences.
  • C. Light and Shadow
    "Light and Shadow" is a track from Vangelis’s epic orchestral and electronic score for the film *1492: Conquest of Paradise*, known for its atmospheric and cinematic sound.
  • D. Voice of the Unseen
    Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
  • E. Valley of Silence
    The Valley of Silence is a high glacial valley on Mount Everest, renowned as the Western Cwm on the standard South Col climbing route.
  • 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe59d67d081908155a43b9b463fe3 completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6d257a748190b33873ee0d252d2e completed April 2, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6ec1e74081908fc235ffd13ef301 completed April 2, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce6fe13a00819095f5bec408435426 completed April 2, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.