Triple
T10808874
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John D. MacDonald |
E255041
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A Purple Place for Dying
A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
|
E888090
|
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: A Purple Place for Dying | Statement: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, A Purple Place for Dying]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Purple Place for Dying Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, A Purple Place for Dying]
-
A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
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C.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
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D.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- 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: A Purple Place for Dying Triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, A Purple Place for Dying]
Generated description
A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Purple Place for Dying Target entity description: A Purple Place for Dying is a 1964 mystery novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his iconic private investigator Travis McGee, set against a backdrop of crime and corruption in the American Southwest.
-
A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
-
B.
Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
-
C.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
-
D.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
-
E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d733b60c6481909b043565a65f996d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69de8513fe0881909d6833c85aac03a8 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69de8e6f3fac8190bcd1675978d6d6d7 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69de8fa679cc81909cb51035e5403ce9 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.