Triple
T15039781
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iain M. Banks |
E378569
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A Song of Stone
A Song of Stone is a dark, post-apocalyptic novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that explores brutality, moral collapse, and the chaos of war through a bleak, allegorical narrative.
|
E1133292
|
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: A Song of Stone | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, A Song of Stone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Song of Stone Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, A Song of Stone]
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A.
Woven Stone
Woven Stone is a poetry and prose collection by Acoma Pueblo writer Simon J. Ortiz that explores Native American identity, history, and resistance.
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B.
City of Stone
City of Stone is the nickname of Gjirokastër, a historic Albanian city renowned for its well-preserved Ottoman-era stone architecture and hillside old town.
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C.
Gate of Stone
Gate of Stone is one of the fortified entrances to the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
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D.
The Stone King
The Stone King is a towering mountain in the Cottian Alps of northwest Italy, renowned for its striking pyramidal shape and dominance over the surrounding landscape.
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E.
The Stones of Blood
The Stones of Blood is a 1978 Doctor Who serial from the Key to Time season, featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana confronting ancient druidic rituals and bloodthirsty stone creatures in rural England.
- 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: A Song of Stone Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, A Song of Stone]
Generated description
A Song of Stone is a dark, post-apocalyptic novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that explores brutality, moral collapse, and the chaos of war through a bleak, allegorical narrative.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Song of Stone Target entity description: A Song of Stone is a dark, post-apocalyptic novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that explores brutality, moral collapse, and the chaos of war through a bleak, allegorical narrative.
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A.
Woven Stone
Woven Stone is a poetry and prose collection by Acoma Pueblo writer Simon J. Ortiz that explores Native American identity, history, and resistance.
-
B.
City of Stone
City of Stone is the nickname of Gjirokastër, a historic Albanian city renowned for its well-preserved Ottoman-era stone architecture and hillside old town.
-
C.
Gate of Stone
Gate of Stone is one of the fortified entrances to the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
-
D.
The Stone King
The Stone King is a towering mountain in the Cottian Alps of northwest Italy, renowned for its striking pyramidal shape and dominance over the surrounding landscape.
-
E.
The Stones of Blood
The Stones of Blood is a 1978 Doctor Who serial from the Key to Time season, featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana confronting ancient druidic rituals and bloodthirsty stone creatures in rural England.
- 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.