Triple

T15039780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Whit
Whit is a satirical novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a young woman from a religious cult as she ventures into the outside world, blending dark humor with social commentary.
 E1133291 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: Whit | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Whit]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Whit
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Whit]
  • A. Whitly
    Whitly is the surname of Ainsley Whitly, a character from the television series "Prodigal Son."
  • B. Whuteva
    "Whuteva" is a 2004 hip-hop single by rapper Remy Ma that helped establish her presence as a solo artist in the mainstream rap scene.
  • C. Whitmore
    Whitmore is an English surname historically associated with several notable families and individuals in Britain.
  • D. Whiteson
    Whiteson is an English patronymic surname meaning "son of White," typically derived from an ancestor’s nickname or descriptive name.
  • E. the White
    The White was the nickname of Leszek I, a 13th-century High Duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty known for his turbulent reign and conflicts over the Polish throne.
  • 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: Whit
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Whit]
Generated description
Whit is a satirical novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a young woman from a religious cult as she ventures into the outside world, blending dark humor with social commentary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Whit
Target entity description: Whit is a satirical novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a young woman from a religious cult as she ventures into the outside world, blending dark humor with social commentary.
  • A. Whitly
    Whitly is the surname of Ainsley Whitly, a character from the television series "Prodigal Son."
  • B. Whuteva
    "Whuteva" is a 2004 hip-hop single by rapper Remy Ma that helped establish her presence as a solo artist in the mainstream rap scene.
  • C. Whitmore
    Whitmore is an English surname historically associated with several notable families and individuals in Britain.
  • D. Whiteson
    Whiteson is an English patronymic surname meaning "son of White," typically derived from an ancestor’s nickname or descriptive name.
  • E. the White
    The White was the nickname of Leszek I, a 13th-century High Duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty known for his turbulent reign and conflicts over the Polish throne.
  • 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.