Triple
T10505538
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1995 Massey Lectures |
E247776
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfBookAdaptation |
P94269
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Ralston Saul |
E8809
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: John Ralston Saul | Statement: [1995 Massey Lectures, authorOfBookAdaptation, John Ralston Saul]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ralston Saul Context triple: [1995 Massey Lectures, authorOfBookAdaptation, John Ralston Saul]
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A.
John Ralston Saul
chosen
John Ralston Saul is a Canadian philosopher, novelist, and public intellectual known for his critiques of globalization and advocacy for civic responsibility and democracy.
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B.
Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock was a pioneering British-born documentary filmmaker and key figure in the development of cinéma vérité and direct cinema.
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C.
Michel Arcand
Michel Arcand is a Canadian film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies."
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D.
Murray Howe
Murray Howe is an American physician and author best known as the son of hockey legend Gordie Howe and brother of Hall of Famer Mark Howe.
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E.
Murray Bookchin
Murray Bookchin was an American social theorist, political philosopher, and ecologist best known for developing the theory of social ecology and advocating libertarian municipalism.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: authorOfBookAdaptation Context triple: [1995 Massey Lectures, authorOfBookAdaptation, John Ralston Saul]
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A.
novelAdaptationCoAuthor
Indicates that the specified person is a co-author of a novel that is an adaptation of another work.
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B.
creatorOfAdaptationCharacterIn
Indicates that a person is the creator of a character that appears in a particular adaptation of a work.
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C.
adaptedForFilmBy
Indicates that a work has been turned into a film by a particular person or entity responsible for the adaptation.
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D.
adaptedWorkOfAuthor
Indicates that a work is an adaptation derived from, based on, or reinterpreting the original work of a specified author.
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E.
screenWriterAdaptationBy
Indicates that a person served as the screenwriter responsible for adapting an existing work into a screenplay.
- 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_69d381c4aa948190942e1d803143fb0e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d509a07c908190bf0e3e5d480b306d |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d90ddbbb3c8190873e8e3c27039b16 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d4fb919ea08190bcc1193e2014d437 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 12:41 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69d4fe058fcc81909428137d9ffd6d90 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:26 p.m.