Triple

T13409275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Bowen (novelist) E320045 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The McGuffin
The McGuffin is a satirical crime novel by British writer John Bowen that playfully subverts thriller conventions.
E1039871 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 McGuffin | Statement: [John Bowen (novelist), notableWork, The McGuffin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The McGuffin
Context triple: [John Bowen (novelist), notableWork, The McGuffin]
  • A. McGuffin
    McGuffin is a term for a plot device—often an object, goal, or secret—that drives a story’s action and motivates characters but may have little intrinsic importance itself.
  • B. Something’s Afoot
    Something’s Afoot is a comedic murder-mystery stage musical that parodies Agatha Christie–style whodunits.
  • C. The Steel Trap
    The Steel Trap is a 1952 American crime thriller film starring Joseph Cotten as a bank employee who devises a plan to steal money and flee the country.
  • D. The Safecracker
    The Safecracker is a 1958 British crime drama film starring Ray Milland as a professional safe-breaker who becomes entangled in a dangerous wartime mission.
  • E. The Burglar
    The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
  • 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 McGuffin
Triple: [John Bowen (novelist), notableWork, The McGuffin]
Generated description
The McGuffin is a satirical crime novel by British writer John Bowen that playfully subverts thriller conventions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The McGuffin
Target entity description: The McGuffin is a satirical crime novel by British writer John Bowen that playfully subverts thriller conventions.
  • A. McGuffin
    McGuffin is a term for a plot device—often an object, goal, or secret—that drives a story’s action and motivates characters but may have little intrinsic importance itself.
  • B. Something’s Afoot
    Something’s Afoot is a comedic murder-mystery stage musical that parodies Agatha Christie–style whodunits.
  • C. The Steel Trap
    The Steel Trap is a 1952 American crime thriller film starring Joseph Cotten as a bank employee who devises a plan to steal money and flee the country.
  • D. The Safecracker
    The Safecracker is a 1958 British crime drama film starring Ray Milland as a professional safe-breaker who becomes entangled in a dangerous wartime mission.
  • E. The Burglar
    The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
  • 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_69d806b943cc8190b6af624d385d7e12 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbae4d2c5481908facfaaa1501e344 completed April 12, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7307ccff08190aa4037aa5a48f7d0 completed May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7313c6bcc8190a848cf8945a0ae2a completed May 3, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f736f2f6a081908d532dba6f34ed97 completed May 3, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:35 p.m.