Triple

T15039774
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory is a dark, controversial debut novel by Iain M. Banks that follows a disturbed teenager on a remote Scottish island and is known for its shocking themes and twisted psychological portrait.
E1133287 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 Wasp Factory | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Wasp Factory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wasp Factory
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Wasp Factory]
  • A. A Maggot
    A Maggot is a 1985 experimental historical novel by John Fowles that blends mystery, metafiction, and philosophical themes set in 18th-century England.
  • B. The Cement Garden
    The Cement Garden is a 1993 British-German drama film, directed by Andrew Birkin and based on Ian McEwan’s novel, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in a dark story about siblings coping with isolation after their parents’ deaths.
  • C. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
    The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is a 1971 jazz-rock and progressive rock album by the English band Traffic, featuring Steve Winwood and known for its extended, improvisational title track.
  • D. Sredni Vashtar
    Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 British short film adaptation of Saki’s macabre short story about a sickly boy who secretly worships a ferret as a vengeful deity, written and directed by Andrew Birkin.
  • E. Cold Comfort Farm
    Cold Comfort Farm is a 1995 British satirical comedy film, adapted from Stella Gibbons’ novel, that parodies gloomy rural melodramas through the story of a pragmatic young woman who reorganizes her eccentric relatives’ farm.
  • 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 Wasp Factory
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Wasp Factory]
Generated description
The Wasp Factory is a dark, controversial debut novel by Iain M. Banks that follows a disturbed teenager on a remote Scottish island and is known for its shocking themes and twisted psychological portrait.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wasp Factory
Target entity description: The Wasp Factory is a dark, controversial debut novel by Iain M. Banks that follows a disturbed teenager on a remote Scottish island and is known for its shocking themes and twisted psychological portrait.
  • A. A Maggot
    A Maggot is a 1985 experimental historical novel by John Fowles that blends mystery, metafiction, and philosophical themes set in 18th-century England.
  • B. The Cement Garden
    The Cement Garden is a 1993 British-German drama film, directed by Andrew Birkin and based on Ian McEwan’s novel, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in a dark story about siblings coping with isolation after their parents’ deaths.
  • C. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
    The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is a 1971 jazz-rock and progressive rock album by the English band Traffic, featuring Steve Winwood and known for its extended, improvisational title track.
  • D. Sredni Vashtar
    Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 British short film adaptation of Saki’s macabre short story about a sickly boy who secretly worships a ferret as a vengeful deity, written and directed by Andrew Birkin.
  • E. Cold Comfort Farm
    Cold Comfort Farm is a 1995 British satirical comedy film, adapted from Stella Gibbons’ novel, that parodies gloomy rural melodramas through the story of a pragmatic young woman who reorganizes her eccentric relatives’ farm.
  • 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded82e79a481908ddb9609af8c4407 completed April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe9de1c3a48190a9b3959a95627175 completed May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe9fdba3c48190b1d370f7c066801f completed May 9, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fea0b87db881909607bcf0df5b0979 completed May 9, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.