Triple

T1181115
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clarice Starling E25138 entity
Predicate appearsIn P795 FINISHED
Object The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris that follows FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she seeks the help of imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter to catch another murderer.
 E134624 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: The Silence of the Lambs (novel) | Statement: [Clarice Starling, appearsIn, The Silence of the Lambs (novel)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
Context triple: [Clarice Starling, appearsIn, The Silence of the Lambs (novel)]
  • A. The Silence of the Lambs
    The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 psychological horror-thriller film centered on FBI trainee Clarice Starling’s pursuit of a serial killer with the help of imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
  • B. Hannibal Lecter film series
    The Hannibal Lecter film series is a collection of psychological horror-thriller movies centered on the brilliant but cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, adapted from Thomas Harris’s novels.
  • C. Mindhunters
    Mindhunters is a 2004 psychological thriller film about FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island with a serial killer who begins murdering them one by one.
  • D. The Black Dahlia
    The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
  • E. Manhunter (film)
    Manhunter is a 1986 psychological crime thriller directed by Michael Mann, notable as the first film adaptation of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels.
  • 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: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
Triple: [Clarice Starling, appearsIn, The Silence of the Lambs (novel)]
Generated description
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris that follows FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she seeks the help of imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter to catch another murderer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
Target entity description: The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris that follows FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she seeks the help of imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter to catch another murderer.
  • A. The Silence of the Lambs
    The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 psychological horror-thriller film centered on FBI trainee Clarice Starling’s pursuit of a serial killer with the help of imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
  • B. Hannibal Lecter film series
    The Hannibal Lecter film series is a collection of psychological horror-thriller movies centered on the brilliant but cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, adapted from Thomas Harris’s novels.
  • C. Mindhunters
    Mindhunters is a 2004 psychological thriller film about FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island with a serial killer who begins murdering them one by one.
  • D. The Black Dahlia
    The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
  • E. Manhunter (film)
    Manhunter is a 1986 psychological crime thriller directed by Michael Mann, notable as the first film adaptation of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels.
  • 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_69a4bd32c5f48190b4e2d39fa052cbb7 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.