Triple
T13648269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chronic City |
E326660
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Perkus Tooth
Perkus Tooth is an eccentric, conspiracy-obsessed cultural critic and central figure in Jonathan Lethem’s novel "Chronic City."
|
E1053808
|
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: Perkus Tooth | Statement: [Chronic City, hasCharacter, Perkus Tooth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perkus Tooth Context triple: [Chronic City, hasCharacter, Perkus Tooth]
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A.
Denti
Denti is an Italian film featuring actor and director Sergio Rubini, known for its darkly comic exploration of relationships and personal neuroses.
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B.
Zahniser
Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
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C.
The Tooth Puller
The Tooth Puller is a Baroque genre painting by Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts depicting a dramatic scene of a dentist extracting a patient’s tooth, rendered in a Caravaggesque style with strong chiaroscuro and expressive figures.
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D.
The Tooth
"The Tooth" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that blends psychological unease with elements of the uncanny.
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E.
Muldental
Muldental is the valley region surrounding the Mulde River in Germany, known for its scenic landscapes and small towns.
- 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: Perkus Tooth Triple: [Chronic City, hasCharacter, Perkus Tooth]
Generated description
Perkus Tooth is an eccentric, conspiracy-obsessed cultural critic and central figure in Jonathan Lethem’s novel "Chronic City."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perkus Tooth Target entity description: Perkus Tooth is an eccentric, conspiracy-obsessed cultural critic and central figure in Jonathan Lethem’s novel "Chronic City."
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A.
Denti
Denti is an Italian film featuring actor and director Sergio Rubini, known for its darkly comic exploration of relationships and personal neuroses.
-
B.
Zahniser
Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
-
C.
The Tooth Puller
The Tooth Puller is a Baroque genre painting by Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts depicting a dramatic scene of a dentist extracting a patient’s tooth, rendered in a Caravaggesque style with strong chiaroscuro and expressive figures.
-
D.
The Tooth
"The Tooth" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that blends psychological unease with elements of the uncanny.
-
E.
Muldental
Muldental is the valley region surrounding the Mulde River in Germany, known for its scenic landscapes and small towns.
- 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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbc6073e888190965456a639839749 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f78afbf8948190ad38ea7529e52f16 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f78bd52b748190ab483ec7634a6549 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f78d277c5c8190970cb3cd0fd32905 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.