Triple
T12759602
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Courier’s Tragedy |
E304955
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entity |
| Predicate | firstEncounterContext |
P66528
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play
"Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play" refers to the pivotal scene in Thomas Pynchon's novel *The Crying of Lot 49* in which the protagonist attends a staging of the fictional Jacobean revenge tragedy *The Courier’s Tragedy*, triggering her deeper involvement in the novel’s central conspiracy.
|
E1000286
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play | Statement: [The Courier’s Tragedy, firstEncounterContext, Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play Context triple: [The Courier’s Tragedy, firstEncounterContext, Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play]
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A.
Oedipus at Palm Springs
Oedipus at Palm Springs is a darkly comic, lesbian-themed stage adaptation of the Oedipus myth created by the feminist theater collective Five Lesbian Brothers.
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B.
Welcome to the Theatre
"Welcome to the Theatre" is a musical number from the Broadway show "Applause," known for its theatrical flair and celebration of life onstage.
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C.
Remains to Be Seen (play)
Remains to Be Seen is a mid-20th-century Broadway comedy play co-written by Howard Lindsay that blends murder mystery elements with lighthearted, sophisticated humor.
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D.
The Allegory of Theatre
The Allegory of Theatre is a Baroque-era painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies the art of theatrical performance through symbolic and allegorical figures.
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E.
Still Life (play)
Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
- 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: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play Triple: [The Courier’s Tragedy, firstEncounterContext, Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play]
Generated description
"Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play" refers to the pivotal scene in Thomas Pynchon's novel *The Crying of Lot 49* in which the protagonist attends a staging of the fictional Jacobean revenge tragedy *The Courier’s Tragedy*, triggering her deeper involvement in the novel’s central conspiracy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play Target entity description: "Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play" refers to the pivotal scene in Thomas Pynchon's novel *The Crying of Lot 49* in which the protagonist attends a staging of the fictional Jacobean revenge tragedy *The Courier’s Tragedy*, triggering her deeper involvement in the novel’s central conspiracy.
-
A.
Oedipus at Palm Springs
Oedipus at Palm Springs is a darkly comic, lesbian-themed stage adaptation of the Oedipus myth created by the feminist theater collective Five Lesbian Brothers.
-
B.
Welcome to the Theatre
"Welcome to the Theatre" is a musical number from the Broadway show "Applause," known for its theatrical flair and celebration of life onstage.
-
C.
Remains to Be Seen (play)
Remains to Be Seen is a mid-20th-century Broadway comedy play co-written by Howard Lindsay that blends murder mystery elements with lighthearted, sophisticated humor.
-
D.
The Allegory of Theatre
The Allegory of Theatre is a Baroque-era painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies the art of theatrical performance through symbolic and allegorical figures.
-
E.
Still Life (play)
Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstEncounterContext Context triple: [The Courier’s Tragedy, firstEncounterContext, Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play]
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A.
firstContactContext
chosen
Indicates the circumstances or situation under which two entities first came into contact or interacted.
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B.
firstEncounteredBy
Indicates that one entity is the person or agent who initially discovered, met, or came across the other entity for the first time.
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C.
firstDescriptionContext
Indicates the primary or initial situational context in which a description of something is given.
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D.
firstMeets
Indicates that one entity encounters or comes into contact with another entity for the first time.
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E.
firstSessionStart
Indicates the point in time when an entity’s very first session or interaction begins.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69d7bdf1fcd081909ffb0e0d6fa3a07d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96d8d3eb08190ae998df5cc6d9ba6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f67c9c93248190b77c7d229da64ffb |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f67de172088190b055ace0fdcfd1fd |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f67ec570a881909c98471b701999f0 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d96409739881909174ba005a986cb5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.