Triple
T10949352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alasdair Gray |
E258684
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
Lanark: A Life in Four Books is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in modern society.
|
E895762
|
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: Lanark: A Life in Four Books | Statement: [Alasdair Gray, notableWork, Lanark: A Life in Four Books]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lanark: A Life in Four Books Context triple: [Alasdair Gray, notableWork, Lanark: A Life in Four Books]
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A.
Morvern Callar (novel)
Morvern Callar (novel) is a 1995 debut work by Scottish author Alan Warner that follows a young woman in a remote Scottish town who makes a series of unsettling choices after discovering her boyfriend’s suicide.
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B.
The Lie of the Land
"The Lie of the Land" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the character Missy in a story about a dystopian Earth under alien control.
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C.
The Invention of Scotland
The Invention of Scotland is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that examines how many of Scotland’s traditions and national myths were consciously constructed in the modern era.
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D.
A Life at the Centre
A Life at the Centre is the political autobiography of British statesman Roy Jenkins, chronicling his long career at the heart of 20th-century British politics.
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E.
A Life of Contrasts
A Life of Contrasts is the autobiography of Diana Mitford (later Diana Mosley), in which she recounts her aristocratic upbringing, controversial political associations, and social life in 20th-century Europe.
- 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: Lanark: A Life in Four Books Triple: [Alasdair Gray, notableWork, Lanark: A Life in Four Books]
Generated description
Lanark: A Life in Four Books is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in modern society.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lanark: A Life in Four Books Target entity description: Lanark: A Life in Four Books is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in modern society.
-
A.
Morvern Callar (novel)
Morvern Callar (novel) is a 1995 debut work by Scottish author Alan Warner that follows a young woman in a remote Scottish town who makes a series of unsettling choices after discovering her boyfriend’s suicide.
-
B.
The Lie of the Land
"The Lie of the Land" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the character Missy in a story about a dystopian Earth under alien control.
-
C.
The Invention of Scotland
The Invention of Scotland is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that examines how many of Scotland’s traditions and national myths were consciously constructed in the modern era.
-
D.
A Life at the Centre
A Life at the Centre is the political autobiography of British statesman Roy Jenkins, chronicling his long career at the heart of 20th-century British politics.
-
E.
A Life of Contrasts
A Life of Contrasts is the autobiography of Diana Mitford (later Diana Mosley), in which she recounts her aristocratic upbringing, controversial political associations, and social life in 20th-century Europe.
- 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_69d6aa88500c819097d7032ca578e74f |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d770ec7028819084f5ce2035a128e4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e23c4a75688190894c83b8964509a6 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e24542b4f081909c97621f04da8ecc |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e248f7f96481909fa6e6cd07891566 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:23 p.m.