Triple

T1178709
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Spinrad E25086 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object He Walked Among Us
He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
 E134493 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: He Walked Among Us | Statement: [Norman Spinrad, notableWork, He Walked Among Us]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: He Walked Among Us
Context triple: [Norman Spinrad, notableWork, He Walked Among Us]
  • A. Village of the Damned
    Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film about a mysterious village where women simultaneously give birth to eerie, super-intelligent children with psychic powers.
  • B. Planet Terror
    Planet Terror is a 2007 grindhouse-style zombie action-horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, known for its over-the-top gore, dark humor, and retro exploitation aesthetic.
  • C. Corridor Z
    Corridor Z is a major east–west transportation corridor in southern Georgia that connects key cities and facilitates regional travel and commerce.
  • D. Apparition
    Apparition was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing prestige and arthouse films in the late 2000s.
  • E. Door into the Dark
    Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
  • 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: He Walked Among Us
Triple: [Norman Spinrad, notableWork, He Walked Among Us]
Generated description
He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: He Walked Among Us
Target entity description: He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
  • A. Village of the Damned
    Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film about a mysterious village where women simultaneously give birth to eerie, super-intelligent children with psychic powers.
  • B. Planet Terror
    Planet Terror is a 2007 grindhouse-style zombie action-horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, known for its over-the-top gore, dark humor, and retro exploitation aesthetic.
  • C. Corridor Z
    Corridor Z is a major east–west transportation corridor in southern Georgia that connects key cities and facilitates regional travel and commerce.
  • D. Apparition
    Apparition was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing prestige and arthouse films in the late 2000s.
  • E. Door into the Dark
    Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
  • 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd10ccc481908d5bcef648aab3c1 completed March 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac6f1f1c188190a96f5718c4e7d59d completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac6f9c0da48190b8d5615ba582366c completed March 7, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac7009b52c8190a6f6962cf60de92d completed March 7, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.