Triple

T12944412
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Mendelsund E309723 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object What We See When We Read
What We See When We Read is a nonfiction book by designer and art director Peter Mendelsund that explores how readers mentally visualize characters, settings, and events during the act of reading.
E1010878 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: What We See When We Read | Statement: [Peter Mendelsund, wrote, What We See When We Read]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What We See When We Read
Context triple: [Peter Mendelsund, wrote, What We See When We Read]
  • A. Allegories of Reading
    Allegories of Reading is a seminal work of literary theory by Paul de Man that explores the complexities of interpretation and rhetoric in texts by authors such as Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust.
  • B. The Reading
    The Reading is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Belgian artist Théo van Rysselberghe, depicting figures absorbed in quiet literary contemplation through his characteristic pointillist technique.
  • C. How to Read and Why
    How to Read and Why is a literary criticism book by Harold Bloom that urges readers to engage deeply and independently with classic literature to enrich their inner lives.
  • D. The Writing on the Image
    The Writing on the Image is a poem by William Morris that forms part of his larger narrative cycle The Earthly Paradise.
  • E. The Reading Lesson
    The Reading Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate domestic scene of instruction and quiet concentration.
  • 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: What We See When We Read
Triple: [Peter Mendelsund, wrote, What We See When We Read]
Generated description
What We See When We Read is a nonfiction book by designer and art director Peter Mendelsund that explores how readers mentally visualize characters, settings, and events during the act of reading.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What We See When We Read
Target entity description: What We See When We Read is a nonfiction book by designer and art director Peter Mendelsund that explores how readers mentally visualize characters, settings, and events during the act of reading.
  • A. Allegories of Reading
    Allegories of Reading is a seminal work of literary theory by Paul de Man that explores the complexities of interpretation and rhetoric in texts by authors such as Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust.
  • B. The Reading
    The Reading is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Belgian artist Théo van Rysselberghe, depicting figures absorbed in quiet literary contemplation through his characteristic pointillist technique.
  • C. How to Read and Why
    How to Read and Why is a literary criticism book by Harold Bloom that urges readers to engage deeply and independently with classic literature to enrich their inner lives.
  • D. The Writing on the Image
    The Writing on the Image is a poem by William Morris that forms part of his larger narrative cycle The Earthly Paradise.
  • E. The Reading Lesson
    The Reading Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate domestic scene of instruction and quiet concentration.
  • 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e1b3694819098527dcea3cfed93 completed April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af73e6348190be114e8c5ad181bf completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b066f3888190b925e5a43be57965 completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b1ae645c8190a7c3e5f926c6a487 completed May 3, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.