Triple
T1280863
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Max Shulman |
E27320
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Feather Merchants
The Feather Merchants is a humorous novel by American writer Max Shulman, known for its satirical take on postwar American life and military bureaucracy.
|
E146159
|
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 Feather Merchants | Statement: [Max Shulman, notableWork, The Feather Merchants]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Feather Merchants Context triple: [Max Shulman, notableWork, The Feather Merchants]
-
A.
The Silk Spinners
"The Silk Spinners" is an episode of the nature documentary series *Life in the Undergrowth* that explores the remarkable diversity, behavior, and engineering feats of silk-producing invertebrates such as spiders and caterpillars.
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B.
La Distribution des Aigles
La Distribution des Aigles is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting depicting Napoleon ceremonially presenting imperial eagles to his troops.
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C.
Old Fuss and Feathers
Old Fuss and Feathers was the famous nickname of Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Army general known for his strict discipline and elaborate military bearing.
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D.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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E.
The Bird in a Cage
The Bird in a Cage is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtly love and confinement.
- 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 Feather Merchants Triple: [Max Shulman, notableWork, The Feather Merchants]
Generated description
The Feather Merchants is a humorous novel by American writer Max Shulman, known for its satirical take on postwar American life and military bureaucracy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Feather Merchants Target entity description: The Feather Merchants is a humorous novel by American writer Max Shulman, known for its satirical take on postwar American life and military bureaucracy.
-
A.
The Silk Spinners
"The Silk Spinners" is an episode of the nature documentary series *Life in the Undergrowth* that explores the remarkable diversity, behavior, and engineering feats of silk-producing invertebrates such as spiders and caterpillars.
-
B.
La Distribution des Aigles
La Distribution des Aigles is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting depicting Napoleon ceremonially presenting imperial eagles to his troops.
-
C.
Old Fuss and Feathers
Old Fuss and Feathers was the famous nickname of Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Army general known for his strict discipline and elaborate military bearing.
-
D.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
-
E.
The Bird in a Cage
The Bird in a Cage is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtly love and confinement.
- 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_69a496d3710c8190955dee8bc0dacb50 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c094eb4881909a33061339f91190 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aca2fb746881909ac7a8dd672fc939 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aca3752a3c81908bd6d9744ad5f5a2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aca3e44bf481908c5726adddc4b428 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.