Triple

T12886030
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Consider the Lobster E308225 entity
Predicate mainTitle P38 FINISHED
Object Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays is a 2005 collection of nonfiction pieces by David Foster Wallace that showcases his distinctive, digressive style across topics ranging from politics and pop culture to ethics and literary criticism.
E1010433 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: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays | Statement: [Consider the Lobster, mainTitle, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Context triple: [Consider the Lobster, mainTitle, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays]
  • A. Surviving and Other Essays
    Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
  • B. Thick: And Other Essays
    Thick: And Other Essays is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom that explores race, gender, class, and power in contemporary America through sharp cultural critique and personal narrative.
  • C. Less Than One: Selected Essays
    Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
  • D. A Fable for Critics
    A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
  • E. How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays
    "How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays" is a collection of humorous and satirical essays by Umberto Eco that explore contemporary culture, media, and everyday absurdities.
  • 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: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Triple: [Consider the Lobster, mainTitle, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays]
Generated description
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays is a 2005 collection of nonfiction pieces by David Foster Wallace that showcases his distinctive, digressive style across topics ranging from politics and pop culture to ethics and literary criticism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Target entity description: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays is a 2005 collection of nonfiction pieces by David Foster Wallace that showcases his distinctive, digressive style across topics ranging from politics and pop culture to ethics and literary criticism.
  • A. Surviving and Other Essays
    Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
  • B. Thick: And Other Essays
    Thick: And Other Essays is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom that explores race, gender, class, and power in contemporary America through sharp cultural critique and personal narrative.
  • C. Less Than One: Selected Essays
    Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
  • D. A Fable for Critics
    A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
  • E. How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays
    "How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays" is a collection of humorous and satirical essays by Umberto Eco that explore contemporary culture, media, and everyday absurdities.
  • 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_69f6af55623081909fd171129f439302 completed May 3, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b02e3b9881909387c1f70176a1bd completed May 3, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b11ced30819090f67a0b1e1369aa completed May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.