Triple

T10198702
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Amy Tan E238828 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Where the Past Begins
Where the Past Begins is a memoir by Amy Tan that explores her family history, creative life, and the memories that shaped her work as a writer.
E846817 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: Where the Past Begins | Statement: [Amy Tan, notableWork, Where the Past Begins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Where the Past Begins
Context triple: [Amy Tan, notableWork, Where the Past Begins]
  • A. The Past is Ours
    "The Past is Ours" is the motto of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, reflecting the organization's focus on preserving and promoting a particular memory of the Confederate past.
  • B. A People Without a Past
    "A People Without a Past" is a section of Jaan Kross’s historical novel cycle "Between Three Plagues," focusing on life in 16th-century Estonia under shifting foreign powers.
  • C. Before the Beginning
    "Before the Beginning" is a popular science book by cosmologist Martin Rees that explores the origins, evolution, and fundamental nature of the universe.
  • D. The Beginning Place
    The Beginning Place is a fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that follows two young adults who discover and share access to a mysterious otherworld that transforms their understanding of themselves and their reality.
  • E. The Great Before
    The Great Before is a metaphysical realm in Pixar's film "Soul" where unborn souls develop their personalities before going to Earth.
  • 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: Where the Past Begins
Triple: [Amy Tan, notableWork, Where the Past Begins]
Generated description
Where the Past Begins is a memoir by Amy Tan that explores her family history, creative life, and the memories that shaped her work as a writer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Where the Past Begins
Target entity description: Where the Past Begins is a memoir by Amy Tan that explores her family history, creative life, and the memories that shaped her work as a writer.
  • A. The Past is Ours
    "The Past is Ours" is the motto of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, reflecting the organization's focus on preserving and promoting a particular memory of the Confederate past.
  • B. A People Without a Past
    "A People Without a Past" is a section of Jaan Kross’s historical novel cycle "Between Three Plagues," focusing on life in 16th-century Estonia under shifting foreign powers.
  • C. Before the Beginning
    "Before the Beginning" is a popular science book by cosmologist Martin Rees that explores the origins, evolution, and fundamental nature of the universe.
  • D. The Beginning Place
    The Beginning Place is a fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that follows two young adults who discover and share access to a mysterious otherworld that transforms their understanding of themselves and their reality.
  • E. The Great Before
    The Great Before is a metaphysical realm in Pixar's film "Soul" where unborn souls develop their personalities before going to Earth.
  • 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_69ca84e1ea088190b38162e43d4cfa8f completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdee3dfa108190b2888385ef96de23 completed April 2, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d317eca3f88190a47009be6f96977e completed April 6, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d319cb6e8c8190926bacedd18f5ded completed April 6, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d31a5417f48190ac4449b44b555320 completed April 6, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:14 p.m.