Triple
T14822606
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nigel Williams |
E348491
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life
Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life is a darkly comic novel by British writer Nigel Williams that follows the misadventures of an inept would-be poisoner.
|
E1122892
|
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: Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life | Statement: [Nigel Williams, notableWork, Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life Context triple: [Nigel Williams, notableWork, Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life]
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A.
The Poisoners
The Poisoners is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his hard-edged government agent Matt Helm in a tense, morally ambiguous Cold War-era mission.
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B.
A Very Expensive Poison
A Very Expensive Poison is a nonfiction book by journalist Luke Harding that investigates the 2006 poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko and explores the broader implications of Russian state-sponsored assassinations.
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C.
The Story of a Crime
The Story of a Crime is a lesser-known work by 19th-century British novelist Hugh Conway, recognized for his popular mystery and sensation fiction.
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D.
Poisoner in Chief
Poisoner in Chief is a nonfiction book by Stephen Kinzer that chronicles CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb’s central role in the agency’s secret mind-control experiments and MK-Ultra program during the Cold War.
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E.
Le Poison
Le Poison is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, featured in his collection "Les Fleurs du mal," that explores themes of intoxication, desire, and destructive passion.
- 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: Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life Triple: [Nigel Williams, notableWork, Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life]
Generated description
Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life is a darkly comic novel by British writer Nigel Williams that follows the misadventures of an inept would-be poisoner.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life Target entity description: Scenes from a Poisoner’s Life is a darkly comic novel by British writer Nigel Williams that follows the misadventures of an inept would-be poisoner.
-
A.
The Poisoners
The Poisoners is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his hard-edged government agent Matt Helm in a tense, morally ambiguous Cold War-era mission.
-
B.
A Very Expensive Poison
A Very Expensive Poison is a nonfiction book by journalist Luke Harding that investigates the 2006 poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko and explores the broader implications of Russian state-sponsored assassinations.
-
C.
The Story of a Crime
The Story of a Crime is a lesser-known work by 19th-century British novelist Hugh Conway, recognized for his popular mystery and sensation fiction.
-
D.
Poisoner in Chief
Poisoner in Chief is a nonfiction book by Stephen Kinzer that chronicles CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb’s central role in the agency’s secret mind-control experiments and MK-Ultra program during the Cold War.
-
E.
Le Poison
Le Poison is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, featured in his collection "Les Fleurs du mal," that explores themes of intoxication, desire, and destructive passion.
- 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_69d822eb8f588190bf53445e730a934f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69decfe64328819083ce42704cf0602d |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe389d7c848190813be06bed7813d7 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe5bc7e6848190a243bcfccaea3a37 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe5c271c6c8190bb4127cdf8af6647 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 a.m.