Triple

T12644944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald Hamilton E301997 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shadowers
The Shadowers is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his recurring character Matt Helm in a tense Cold War espionage adventure.
E994304 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 Shadowers | Statement: [Donald Hamilton, notableWork, The Shadowers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadowers
Context triple: [Donald Hamilton, notableWork, The Shadowers]
  • A. Shadow on the Wall
    Shadow on the Wall is a 1950 American film noir psychological thriller in which Gigi Perreau plays a key child role central to the story’s mystery.
  • B. From the Shadows
    From the Shadows is a memoir by Robert M. Gates recounting his decades of service in U.S. intelligence and national security, particularly within the CIA and the White House.
  • C. The Shadow Knows
    "The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
  • D. The Shadow Knows
    The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
  • E. White Shadows
    "White Shadows" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay from their 2005 album "X&Y."
  • 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 Shadowers
Triple: [Donald Hamilton, notableWork, The Shadowers]
Generated description
The Shadowers is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his recurring character Matt Helm in a tense Cold War espionage adventure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadowers
Target entity description: The Shadowers is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his recurring character Matt Helm in a tense Cold War espionage adventure.
  • A. Shadow on the Wall
    Shadow on the Wall is a 1950 American film noir psychological thriller in which Gigi Perreau plays a key child role central to the story’s mystery.
  • B. From the Shadows
    From the Shadows is a memoir by Robert M. Gates recounting his decades of service in U.S. intelligence and national security, particularly within the CIA and the White House.
  • C. The Shadow Knows
    "The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
  • D. The Shadow Knows
    The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
  • E. White Shadows
    "White Shadows" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay from their 2005 album "X&Y."
  • 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_69d7bdec9f9c8190b4bac675b7588211 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9614bf2f881909976becdf747f4fb completed April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6687961d88190a605f17425ad7547 completed May 2, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6695372688190b09a2bb2e58cb546 completed May 2, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f669fe4bc48190adba50ad58b10c45 completed May 2, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:17 p.m.