Triple
T12775198
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Oedipa Maas |
E305349
|
entity |
| Predicate | fictionalUniverse |
P3758
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FINISHED |
| Object | The Crying of Lot 49 universe |
E63178
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Crying of Lot 49 universe | Statement: [Oedipa Maas, fictionalUniverse, The Crying of Lot 49 universe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crying of Lot 49 universe Context triple: [Oedipa Maas, fictionalUniverse, The Crying of Lot 49 universe]
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A.
The Crying of Lot 49
chosen
The Crying of Lot 49 is a short postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon that follows Oedipa Maas as she uncovers a possibly conspiratorial underground postal system, exploring themes of communication, entropy, and paranoia.
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B.
Thomas Pynchon universe
The Thomas Pynchon universe is the interconnected fictional world spanning Pynchon's novels, known for its dense prose, paranoid conspiracies, and surreal, satirical depictions of American and global history.
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C.
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle is a satirical science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut that explores themes of religion, science, and the potential for human self-destruction through the invention of a world-ending substance called ice-nine.
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D.
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel is a famous short story by Jorge Luis Borges that imagines an infinite, labyrinthine library containing every possible book, exploring themes of infinity, meaning, and the limits of knowledge.
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E.
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum is a complex postmodern novel by Umberto Eco that intertwines conspiracy theories, esoteric knowledge, and metafictional puzzles in a narrative about editors who invent a grand occult plot.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96df6b3c88190b0bbe70de8ddcbf3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f746077b288190b8ca7927352a7904 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.