Triple

T15039778
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Canal Dreams
Canal Dreams is a psychological thriller novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a reclusive cellist trapped on a tanker in the Panama Canal as political violence erupts around her.
E1133289 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: Canal Dreams | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Canal Dreams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canal Dreams
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Canal Dreams]
  • A. Moonlight on the Canal
    "Moonlight on the Canal" is a landscape painting by Dutch-French artist Johan Barthold Jongkind, celebrated for its atmospheric depiction of a moonlit waterway that foreshadows Impressionist concerns with light and reflection.
  • B. The River of Dreams
    "The River of Dreams" is a 1993 pop song by Billy Joel, known for its gospel-influenced sound and introspective, dreamlike lyrics, and serving as the title track of his final studio rock album.
  • C. City of Water
    City of Water is a poetic nickname for Matsue, a Japanese city famed for its scenic lakes, rivers, and historic canals.
  • D. El Caño
    El Caño is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Panama known for its elaborate burial grounds and rich material remains associated with the Gran Coclé culture.
  • E. Paradise Waters
    Paradise Waters is an affluent waterfront suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, known for its canal estates and luxury homes along the Nerang River.
  • 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: Canal Dreams
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Canal Dreams]
Generated description
Canal Dreams is a psychological thriller novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a reclusive cellist trapped on a tanker in the Panama Canal as political violence erupts around her.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canal Dreams
Target entity description: Canal Dreams is a psychological thriller novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a reclusive cellist trapped on a tanker in the Panama Canal as political violence erupts around her.
  • A. Moonlight on the Canal
    "Moonlight on the Canal" is a landscape painting by Dutch-French artist Johan Barthold Jongkind, celebrated for its atmospheric depiction of a moonlit waterway that foreshadows Impressionist concerns with light and reflection.
  • B. The River of Dreams
    "The River of Dreams" is a 1993 pop song by Billy Joel, known for its gospel-influenced sound and introspective, dreamlike lyrics, and serving as the title track of his final studio rock album.
  • C. City of Water
    City of Water is a poetic nickname for Matsue, a Japanese city famed for its scenic lakes, rivers, and historic canals.
  • D. El Caño
    El Caño is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Panama known for its elaborate burial grounds and rich material remains associated with the Gran Coclé culture.
  • E. Paradise Waters
    Paradise Waters is an affluent waterfront suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, known for its canal estates and luxury homes along the Nerang River.
  • 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.