Triple

T11175388
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The History of Middle-earth E264397 entity
Predicate volume P1567 FINISHED
Object The Shaping of Middle-earth E264397 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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 Shaping of Middle-earth | Statement: [The History of Middle-earth, volume, The Shaping of Middle-earth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Shaping of Middle-earth
Context triple: [The History of Middle-earth, volume, The Shaping of Middle-earth]
  • A. Meditations on Middle-earth
    Meditations on Middle-earth is an anthology of essays by various fantasy authors reflecting on the life, work, and influence of J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • B. The Peoples of Middle-earth
    The Peoples of Middle-earth is a posthumously published volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, edited by Christopher Tolkien, that presents late writings, essays, and notes expanding on the histories, languages, and genealogies of the peoples of Middle-earth.
  • C. The History of Middle-earth chosen
    The History of Middle-earth is a twelve-volume scholarly series edited by Christopher Tolkien that presents and analyzes J.R.R. Tolkien’s drafts, notes, and essays chronicling the development of his Middle-earth legendarium.
  • D. Rivers of Middle-earth
    Rivers of Middle-earth are the many named waterways in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium that shape the geography, history, and journeys of its characters across lands like Beleriand and Eriador.
  • E. legendarium of Middle-earth
    The legendarium of Middle-earth is J.R.R. Tolkien’s expansive fictional universe encompassing the histories, peoples, languages, and myths of his works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e897774c819088ebc7231cebfba6 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5d3049e788190a7caf324a4b793d2 completed April 20, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.