Triple
T12268891
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patrick Radden Keefe |
E292420
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream is a nonfiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe that investigates a vast Chinese human-smuggling operation and its entanglement with immigration, crime, and aspiration in New York’s Chinatown.
|
E973480
|
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 Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream | Statement: [Patrick Radden Keefe, notableWork, The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Context triple: [Patrick Radden Keefe, notableWork, The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream]
-
A.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 neo-noir crime drama film by John Cassavetes that follows a nightclub owner whose gambling debts entangle him in a violent underworld.
-
B.
On the Chin
"On the Chin" is a song by the band Mechanical Bull.
-
C.
Manilatown
Manilatown was a historic Filipino American neighborhood in San Francisco known for its vibrant immigrant community and its central role in housing and civil rights struggles.
-
D.
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai is a 1937 crime drama film starring Anna May Wong that is notable for its rare early Hollywood portrayal of a Chinese American heroine in a leading, heroic role.
-
E.
Chinatown
Chinatown is a culturally rich urban enclave characterized by a high concentration of Chinese residents, businesses, and institutions, often serving as a historic and contemporary hub of Chinese American life.
- 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 Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Triple: [Patrick Radden Keefe, notableWork, The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream]
Generated description
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream is a nonfiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe that investigates a vast Chinese human-smuggling operation and its entanglement with immigration, crime, and aspiration in New York’s Chinatown.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Target entity description: The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream is a nonfiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe that investigates a vast Chinese human-smuggling operation and its entanglement with immigration, crime, and aspiration in New York’s Chinatown.
-
A.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 neo-noir crime drama film by John Cassavetes that follows a nightclub owner whose gambling debts entangle him in a violent underworld.
-
B.
On the Chin
"On the Chin" is a song by the band Mechanical Bull.
-
C.
Manilatown
Manilatown was a historic Filipino American neighborhood in San Francisco known for its vibrant immigrant community and its central role in housing and civil rights struggles.
-
D.
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai is a 1937 crime drama film starring Anna May Wong that is notable for its rare early Hollywood portrayal of a Chinese American heroine in a leading, heroic role.
-
E.
Chinatown
Chinatown is a culturally rich urban enclave characterized by a high concentration of Chinese residents, businesses, and institutions, often serving as a historic and contemporary hub of Chinese American life.
- 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91cdea6e881908e13f8259bad6ddc |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f61e6799088190a5644267733ca2e5 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f61f5bc1fc8190af9d74acc307ebe1 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f62045b20c819083c755fbe99a9a7f |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.