Triple

T14528978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James T. Farrell E340852 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Face of Time
The Face of Time is a novel by American writer James T. Farrell, known for its realistic portrayal of working-class life and psychological depth.
E1104244 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 Face of Time | Statement: [James T. Farrell, notableWork, The Face of Time]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Face of Time
Context triple: [James T. Farrell, notableWork, The Face of Time]
  • A. The Refusal of Time
    The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
  • B. The Matter of Time
    The Matter of Time is a monumental series of weathered steel sculptures by Richard Serra that creates immersive, maze-like spatial experiences for viewers, permanently installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
  • C. The Tenants of Time
    The Tenants of Time is a historical novel by Thomas Flanagan that explores Irish nationalism and rebellion through the intertwined lives of several characters across decades of political upheaval.
  • D. Time's Arrow
    "Time's Arrow" is an electronic synth-pop song by the British band Ladytron, known for its atmospheric production and dark, futuristic aesthetic.
  • E. Time's Arrow
    Time's Arrow is a 1991 novel by Martin Amis that tells the life of a Nazi doctor in reverse chronological order, using backward time to explore guilt, memory, and moral responsibility.
  • 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 Face of Time
Triple: [James T. Farrell, notableWork, The Face of Time]
Generated description
The Face of Time is a novel by American writer James T. Farrell, known for its realistic portrayal of working-class life and psychological depth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Face of Time
Target entity description: The Face of Time is a novel by American writer James T. Farrell, known for its realistic portrayal of working-class life and psychological depth.
  • A. The Refusal of Time
    The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
  • B. The Matter of Time
    The Matter of Time is a monumental series of weathered steel sculptures by Richard Serra that creates immersive, maze-like spatial experiences for viewers, permanently installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
  • C. The Tenants of Time
    The Tenants of Time is a historical novel by Thomas Flanagan that explores Irish nationalism and rebellion through the intertwined lives of several characters across decades of political upheaval.
  • D. Time's Arrow
    Time's Arrow is a 1991 novel by Martin Amis that tells the life of a Nazi doctor in reverse chronological order, using backward time to explore guilt, memory, and moral responsibility.
  • E. Time's Arrow
    "Time's Arrow" is an electronic synth-pop song by the British band Ladytron, known for its atmospheric production and dark, futuristic aesthetic.
  • 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dea051bc608190ad4d516c5e7bca43 completed April 14, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd7a547c408190a1a19e12aac1d5bd completed May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd7be2dc0c8190b8950a1f43ce13ab completed May 8, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd7c6422e08190b149efdf58c3572a completed May 8, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.