Triple

T9720167
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Poe E235441 entity
Predicate basedOnWorkAdapted P6931 FINISHED
Object They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
E819115 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: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) | Statement: [James Poe, basedOnWorkAdapted, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
Context triple: [James Poe, basedOnWorkAdapted, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)]
  • A. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
    "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is a 1969 American drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, renowned for its bleak depiction of a Depression-era dance marathon and its exploration of human desperation.
  • B. A Man Called Horse
    A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
  • C. True Grit (novel)
    True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
  • D. The Man in the Saddle
    The Man in the Saddle is a film associated with American actor and comedian Eddie Bracken, known for his work in mid-20th-century cinema.
  • E. The Lonesome Crowded West
    The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
  • 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: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
Triple: [James Poe, basedOnWorkAdapted, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)]
Generated description
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
Target entity description: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
  • A. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
    "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is a 1969 American drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, renowned for its bleak depiction of a Depression-era dance marathon and its exploration of human desperation.
  • B. A Man Called Horse
    A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
  • C. True Grit (novel)
    True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
  • D. The Man in the Saddle
    The Man in the Saddle is a film associated with American actor and comedian Eddie Bracken, known for his work in mid-20th-century cinema.
  • E. The Lonesome Crowded West
    The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
  • 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_69ca84d0123c819096f9dc3b6abb0881 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9e419c2c8190b325d5fd692c6000 completed April 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1afa6d0d08190a8008b675c9aabb1 completed April 5, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1b3e9b0c08190bd256b2814efe4c7 completed April 5, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1b437546881908d256f89e5386ee5 completed April 5, 2026, 1 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:20 p.m.