Triple

T12732993
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vincent T. DeVita Jr. E304288 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object The Death of Cancer
The Death of Cancer is a nonfiction book by oncologist Vincent T. DeVita Jr. that chronicles the history, politics, and evolving science of cancer treatment from an insider’s perspective.
 E1000565 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 Death of Cancer | Statement: [Vincent T. DeVita Jr., authorOf, The Death of Cancer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Death of Cancer
Context triple: [Vincent T. DeVita Jr., authorOf, The Death of Cancer]
  • A. Our Cancer Year
    Our Cancer Year is a graphic novel memoir by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner that chronicles their harrowing experiences with Pekar’s cancer diagnosis and treatment.
  • B. A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention
    "A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention" is a nonfiction book by physician Margaret Cuomo that examines the shortcomings of current cancer treatment and advocates for a stronger focus on prevention, early detection, and research reform.
  • C. Cancer Moonshot
    Cancer Moonshot is a U.S. federal initiative aimed at accelerating cancer research, improving prevention and detection, and advancing treatments to significantly reduce the impact of cancer.
  • D. The Cancer Journals
    The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
  • E. Making Cancer History
    "Making Cancer History" is the official motto of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, encapsulating its mission to eliminate cancer through patient care, research, and education.
  • 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 Death of Cancer
Triple: [Vincent T. DeVita Jr., authorOf, The Death of Cancer]
Generated description
The Death of Cancer is a nonfiction book by oncologist Vincent T. DeVita Jr. that chronicles the history, politics, and evolving science of cancer treatment from an insider’s perspective.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Death of Cancer
Target entity description: The Death of Cancer is a nonfiction book by oncologist Vincent T. DeVita Jr. that chronicles the history, politics, and evolving science of cancer treatment from an insider’s perspective.
  • A. Our Cancer Year
    Our Cancer Year is a graphic novel memoir by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner that chronicles their harrowing experiences with Pekar’s cancer diagnosis and treatment.
  • B. A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention
    "A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention" is a nonfiction book by physician Margaret Cuomo that examines the shortcomings of current cancer treatment and advocates for a stronger focus on prevention, early detection, and research reform.
  • C. Cancer Moonshot
    Cancer Moonshot is a U.S. federal initiative aimed at accelerating cancer research, improving prevention and detection, and advancing treatments to significantly reduce the impact of cancer.
  • D. The Cancer Journals
    The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
  • E. Making Cancer History
    "Making Cancer History" is the official motto of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, encapsulating its mission to eliminate cancer through patient care, research, and education.
  • 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_69d7bdf1426c8190a4402e1c4cdec33a completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9646902408190b29268d864833b80 completed April 10, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f67c8c38a88190853c4d14e2492599 completed May 2, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67db4dd2081909a238e368645e899 completed May 2, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f67ececce8819080335e67bd747057 completed May 2, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.