Triple

T10034031
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anthony Doerr E204918 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shell Collector
The Shell Collector is a short story collection by American author Anthony Doerr that explores human connection, nature, and perception through lyrical, finely detailed prose.
E836754 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 Shell Collector | Statement: [Anthony Doerr, notableWork, The Shell Collector]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shell Collector
Context triple: [Anthony Doerr, notableWork, The Shell Collector]
  • A. The Shell Seekers
    The Shell Seekers is a popular novel by Rosamunde Pilcher that was adapted into a television film, in which Victoria Smurfit appeared.
  • B. Der Weltensammler
    Der Weltensammler is a novel by Ilija Trojanow that fictionalizes the life and travels of British explorer Richard Francis Burton, exploring themes of cultural encounter, identity, and translation.
  • C. The Hothouse
    The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
  • D. The Pothunters
    The Pothunters is an early comic school novel by P. G. Wodehouse that introduces his lighthearted style through tales of public-school life, sports, and youthful mischief.
  • E. The Collectors
    The Collectors is a large-scale, narrative-driven installation by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset that transforms exhibition spaces into staged domestic environments to explore themes of identity, desire, and social norms.
  • 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 Shell Collector
Triple: [Anthony Doerr, notableWork, The Shell Collector]
Generated description
The Shell Collector is a short story collection by American author Anthony Doerr that explores human connection, nature, and perception through lyrical, finely detailed prose.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shell Collector
Target entity description: The Shell Collector is a short story collection by American author Anthony Doerr that explores human connection, nature, and perception through lyrical, finely detailed prose.
  • A. The Shell Seekers
    The Shell Seekers is a popular novel by Rosamunde Pilcher that was adapted into a television film, in which Victoria Smurfit appeared.
  • B. Der Weltensammler
    Der Weltensammler is a novel by Ilija Trojanow that fictionalizes the life and travels of British explorer Richard Francis Burton, exploring themes of cultural encounter, identity, and translation.
  • C. The Hothouse
    The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
  • D. The Pothunters
    The Pothunters is an early comic school novel by P. G. Wodehouse that introduces his lighthearted style through tales of public-school life, sports, and youthful mischief.
  • E. The Collectors
    The Collectors is a large-scale, narrative-driven installation by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset that transforms exhibition spaces into staged domestic environments to explore themes of identity, desire, and social norms.
  • 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_69ca834d77188190ad645e33e8ca3200 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdce490ff08190963d841b05d150a7 completed April 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d28250be608190b7e2b809672cdd78 completed April 5, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2834f6d488190812f91a5b4971c1e completed April 5, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d28432d900819091ff0d324a6bb28a completed April 5, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:54 p.m.