Triple

T14804855
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject How to Be Alone E348004 entity
Predicate hasEssay P27484 FINISHED
Object Lost in the Mail
"Lost in the Mail" is an essay from Jonathan Franzen’s collection *How to Be Alone*, reflecting his characteristic blend of personal narrative and social commentary.
E1121273 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: Lost in the Mail | Statement: [How to Be Alone, hasEssay, Lost in the Mail]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lost in the Mail
Context triple: [How to Be Alone, hasEssay, Lost in the Mail]
  • A. Letter in the Mail
    "Letter in the Mail" is a track from James Taylor’s 1988 studio album *Never Die Young*, reflecting his signature soft rock and folk-influenced singer-songwriter style.
  • B. Return to Sender
    "Return to Sender" is a young adult novel by Julia Alvarez that explores themes of immigration, family, and cultural identity through the story of a Vermont farm boy and the undocumented Mexican family working for his parents.
  • C. The Mailman
    The Mailman is the nickname of Karl Malone, a Hall of Fame NBA power forward best known for his prolific scoring career with the Utah Jazz.
  • D. Panic in the Mailroom
    Panic in the Mailroom is an animated short film set in the Despicable Me universe that follows Minions working in Gru’s mailroom as chaos ensues after a dangerous package arrives.
  • E. The Junk Mail
    "The Junk Mail" is an episode of the television sitcom Seinfeld, notable for its storyline involving Kramer’s battle against postal junk mail and David Puddy’s recurring role.
  • 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: Lost in the Mail
Triple: [How to Be Alone, hasEssay, Lost in the Mail]
Generated description
"Lost in the Mail" is an essay from Jonathan Franzen’s collection *How to Be Alone*, reflecting his characteristic blend of personal narrative and social commentary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lost in the Mail
Target entity description: "Lost in the Mail" is an essay from Jonathan Franzen’s collection *How to Be Alone*, reflecting his characteristic blend of personal narrative and social commentary.
  • A. Letter in the Mail
    "Letter in the Mail" is a track from James Taylor’s 1988 studio album *Never Die Young*, reflecting his signature soft rock and folk-influenced singer-songwriter style.
  • B. Return to Sender
    "Return to Sender" is a young adult novel by Julia Alvarez that explores themes of immigration, family, and cultural identity through the story of a Vermont farm boy and the undocumented Mexican family working for his parents.
  • C. The Mailman
    The Mailman is the nickname of Karl Malone, a Hall of Fame NBA power forward best known for his prolific scoring career with the Utah Jazz.
  • D. Panic in the Mailroom
    Panic in the Mailroom is an animated short film set in the Despicable Me universe that follows Minions working in Gru’s mailroom as chaos ensues after a dangerous package arrives.
  • E. The Junk Mail
    "The Junk Mail" is an episode of the television sitcom Seinfeld, notable for its storyline involving Kramer’s battle against postal junk mail and David Puddy’s recurring role.
  • 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_69d822ea8b7c819097dfadf3d45545e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69decf32666081908e84f985c47eb963 completed April 14, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe24c6b3008190a0fac1dace40361a completed May 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe2d9c08d0819094d3affc082f4f8a completed May 8, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe2e0b3514819097f2d9d63cb6a143 completed May 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:34 a.m.