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)]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.