Triple

T1393083
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Heinemann E30603 entity
Predicate notableAuthorPublished P7039 FINISHED
Object W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham was a prominent 20th-century British playwright, novelist, and short story writer known for works such as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge."
E159432 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: W. Somerset Maugham | Statement: [William Heinemann, notableAuthorPublished, W. Somerset Maugham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Somerset Maugham
Context triple: [William Heinemann, notableAuthorPublished, W. Somerset Maugham]
  • A. E. M. Forster
    E. M. Forster was an English novelist, essayist, and critic best known for works such as "A Passage to India," "Howards End," and "A Room with a View," which explore class, culture, and human connection.
  • B. Arnold Bennett
    Arnold Bennett was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for his realistic depictions of provincial life in the Potteries during the early 20th century.
  • C. Ada Galsworthy
    Ada Galsworthy was the wife of English novelist and Nobel laureate John Galsworthy, known primarily for her role in his personal life and as an influence on his literary work.
  • D. John Galsworthy
    John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright best known for his series of novels collectively titled "The Forsyte Saga," which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
  • E. P. G. Wodehouse
    P. G. Wodehouse was an English author celebrated for his witty, farcical comic novels and stories, particularly those featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
  • 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: W. Somerset Maugham
Triple: [William Heinemann, notableAuthorPublished, W. Somerset Maugham]
Generated description
W. Somerset Maugham was a prominent 20th-century British playwright, novelist, and short story writer known for works such as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Somerset Maugham
Target entity description: W. Somerset Maugham was a prominent 20th-century British playwright, novelist, and short story writer known for works such as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge."
  • A. E. M. Forster
    E. M. Forster was an English novelist, essayist, and critic best known for works such as "A Passage to India," "Howards End," and "A Room with a View," which explore class, culture, and human connection.
  • B. Arnold Bennett
    Arnold Bennett was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for his realistic depictions of provincial life in the Potteries during the early 20th century.
  • C. Ada Galsworthy
    Ada Galsworthy was the wife of English novelist and Nobel laureate John Galsworthy, known primarily for her role in his personal life and as an influence on his literary work.
  • D. John Galsworthy
    John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright best known for his series of novels collectively titled "The Forsyte Saga," which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
  • E. P. G. Wodehouse
    P. G. Wodehouse was an English author celebrated for his witty, farcical comic novels and stories, particularly those featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
  • 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_69a498fd4e408190bd73eca30ea9754c completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c360a7f08190ab7e903764b06fdf completed March 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acde2c62ac819090179b775ea544c9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acde870bac8190bd1c2636fca1dc74 completed March 8, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acdef0bd0c81908e1eeb6851a2368d completed March 8, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.