Triple
T11203787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | M. R. James |
E265104
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Clark Ashton Smith |
E751575
|
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: Clark Ashton Smith | Statement: [M. R. James, influenced, Clark Ashton Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clark Ashton Smith Context triple: [M. R. James, influenced, Clark Ashton Smith]
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A.
Clark Ashton Smith
chosen
Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
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B.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
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C.
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen was a Welsh author best known for his influential supernatural and horror fiction, particularly his fin-de-siècle tales of occultism and cosmic terror.
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D.
August Derleth
August Derleth was an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for championing H. P. Lovecraft’s work and developing the shared universe of weird fiction that became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.
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E.
Winfield Scott Lovecraft
Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
- 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_69d6aa9eb9248190b20211772621b4bc |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e8d355c481908fc3d555b596314d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4ad0984e08190af9c8263cc2a079d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.