Triple
T11400281
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Epistolae obscurorum virorum |
E270089
|
entity |
| Predicate | titleTranslation |
P38
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Letters of Obscure Men
Letters of Obscure Men is a satirical collection of early 16th-century Latin letters that mocked scholastic theologians and supported the humanist reform movement in Germany.
|
E923712
|
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: Letters of Obscure Men | Statement: [Epistolae obscurorum virorum, titleTranslation, Letters of Obscure Men]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters of Obscure Men Context triple: [Epistolae obscurorum virorum, titleTranslation, Letters of Obscure Men]
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A.
the Obscure
The Obscure is a famous epithet of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus, highlighting the enigmatic, paradoxical, and often difficult-to-interpret nature of his surviving fragments and ideas.
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B.
Letters to Dead Authors
Letters to Dead Authors is a collection of humorous and imaginative literary essays by Andrew Lang, written as mock epistolary tributes to famous writers of the past.
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C.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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D.
A Sheaf of Papers
"A Sheaf of Papers" is a collection of essays and writings by American writer and wit Thomas Gold Appleton, reflecting his observations, humor, and literary style.
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E.
A Fool's Alphabet
A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.
- 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: Letters of Obscure Men Triple: [Epistolae obscurorum virorum, titleTranslation, Letters of Obscure Men]
Generated description
Letters of Obscure Men is a satirical collection of early 16th-century Latin letters that mocked scholastic theologians and supported the humanist reform movement in Germany.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters of Obscure Men Target entity description: Letters of Obscure Men is a satirical collection of early 16th-century Latin letters that mocked scholastic theologians and supported the humanist reform movement in Germany.
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A.
the Obscure
The Obscure is a famous epithet of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus, highlighting the enigmatic, paradoxical, and often difficult-to-interpret nature of his surviving fragments and ideas.
-
B.
Letters to Dead Authors
Letters to Dead Authors is a collection of humorous and imaginative literary essays by Andrew Lang, written as mock epistolary tributes to famous writers of the past.
-
C.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
-
D.
A Sheaf of Papers
"A Sheaf of Papers" is a collection of essays and writings by American writer and wit Thomas Gold Appleton, reflecting his observations, humor, and literary style.
-
E.
A Fool's Alphabet
A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.
- 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8001adc188190ae45227856156412 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58cf75ec08190a571e5178bcde274 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e59777b1208190a33a50da286535ee |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5a3cf9d388190944340af484b3a54 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.