Triple

T10091730
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject T.C. Boyle E215358 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain is a 1995 novel by T.C. Boyle that explores immigration, racism, and class conflict in Southern California through the intersecting lives of a wealthy white couple and undocumented Mexican immigrants.
E839793 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 Tortilla Curtain | Statement: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, The Tortilla Curtain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tortilla Curtain
Context triple: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, The Tortilla Curtain]
  • A. La Frontera
    La Frontera is the historical frontier region in southern Chile that was the site of prolonged conflict and cultural interaction between Spanish colonizers and the indigenous Mapuche people.
  • B. On the Border
    "On the Border" is a 1974 rock song by the Eagles, featured on their album of the same name and noted for its blend of country rock and politically tinged lyrics.
  • C. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
    Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Sandra Cisneros that explores the lives, struggles, and identities of Mexican and Mexican American women through lyrical, feminist, and culturally rich narratives.
  • D. Mexico Trilogy
    Mexico Trilogy is a series of stylish, action-packed neo-Western films by Robert Rodriguez that follow interconnected stories of gunslingers and outlaws in Mexico.
  • E. The Milagro Beanfield War
    The Milagro Beanfield War is a 1988 comedy-drama film set in a small New Mexico town, focusing on a local farmer’s fight against powerful developers and government interests.
  • 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 Tortilla Curtain
Triple: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, The Tortilla Curtain]
Generated description
The Tortilla Curtain is a 1995 novel by T.C. Boyle that explores immigration, racism, and class conflict in Southern California through the intersecting lives of a wealthy white couple and undocumented Mexican immigrants.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tortilla Curtain
Target entity description: The Tortilla Curtain is a 1995 novel by T.C. Boyle that explores immigration, racism, and class conflict in Southern California through the intersecting lives of a wealthy white couple and undocumented Mexican immigrants.
  • A. La Frontera
    La Frontera is the historical frontier region in southern Chile that was the site of prolonged conflict and cultural interaction between Spanish colonizers and the indigenous Mapuche people.
  • B. On the Border
    "On the Border" is a 1974 rock song by the Eagles, featured on their album of the same name and noted for its blend of country rock and politically tinged lyrics.
  • C. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
    Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Sandra Cisneros that explores the lives, struggles, and identities of Mexican and Mexican American women through lyrical, feminist, and culturally rich narratives.
  • D. Mexico Trilogy
    Mexico Trilogy is a series of stylish, action-packed neo-Western films by Robert Rodriguez that follow interconnected stories of gunslingers and outlaws in Mexico.
  • E. The Milagro Beanfield War
    The Milagro Beanfield War is a 1988 comedy-drama film set in a small New Mexico town, focusing on a local farmer’s fight against powerful developers and government interests.
  • 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_69ca83a1eed081908b2e9580f2ebeea7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd05aa02081908fba02e7085c6d7c completed April 2, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b6a587e0819093f38d5e69db43ec completed April 5, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b790cc188190b5c16c89beaa8aca completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b81e7b948190baa417186aac284b completed April 5, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:01 p.m.