Triple

T12885964
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again E308224 entity
Predicate containsEssay P27484 FINISHED
Object Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood
"Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood" is a personal, reflective essay by David Foster Wallace recounting his adolescence in the American Midwest through the lenses of sports, academics, and regional culture.
E1009695 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: Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood | Statement: [A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, containsEssay, Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood
Context triple: [A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, containsEssay, Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood]
  • A. Game, Set and Math
    Game, Set and Math is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that uses games, puzzles, and recreational problems to explore a wide range of mathematical ideas in an accessible way.
  • B. Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player
    Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player is a classic instructional tennis book by engineer and management scientist Simon Ramo that explains the game through statistical insight and practical strategy for recreational players.
  • C. On the Pythagorean Life
    On the Pythagorean Life is a Neoplatonic biographical and philosophical treatise that portrays the life, teachings, and communal practices of Pythagoras and his followers.
  • D. The Tennis Players
    "The Tennis Players" is a novel by Swedish author Lars Gustafsson that blends philosophical reflection with a wry, introspective narrative about identity, memory, and the passage of time.
  • E. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
    "Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court" is a memoir and leadership book in which legendary basketball coach John Wooden shares his life lessons, coaching philosophy, and personal reflections on character and success.
  • 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: Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood
Triple: [A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, containsEssay, Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood]
Generated description
"Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood" is a personal, reflective essay by David Foster Wallace recounting his adolescence in the American Midwest through the lenses of sports, academics, and regional culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood
Target entity description: "Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes: A Midwestern Boyhood" is a personal, reflective essay by David Foster Wallace recounting his adolescence in the American Midwest through the lenses of sports, academics, and regional culture.
  • A. Game, Set and Math
    Game, Set and Math is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that uses games, puzzles, and recreational problems to explore a wide range of mathematical ideas in an accessible way.
  • B. Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player
    Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player is a classic instructional tennis book by engineer and management scientist Simon Ramo that explains the game through statistical insight and practical strategy for recreational players.
  • C. On the Pythagorean Life
    On the Pythagorean Life is a Neoplatonic biographical and philosophical treatise that portrays the life, teachings, and communal practices of Pythagoras and his followers.
  • D. The Tennis Players
    "The Tennis Players" is a novel by Swedish author Lars Gustafsson that blends philosophical reflection with a wry, introspective narrative about identity, memory, and the passage of time.
  • E. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
    "Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court" is a memoir and leadership book in which legendary basketball coach John Wooden shares his life lessons, coaching philosophy, and personal reflections on character and success.
  • 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9714415c08190aa9944b494a3ddad completed April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a5556fe081909ada9d491b21b17b completed May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a616f6e4819096c9850434882548 completed May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a716bb2c81909dccc5ddbf3c92b5 completed May 3, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.