Triple

T15039783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Dead Air
Dead Air is a contemporary novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a provocative radio shock jock whose life unravels amid political turmoil and personal scandal in early-2000s London.
E1133294 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: Dead Air | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Dead Air]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dead Air
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Dead Air]
  • A. Dead Sound
    Dead Sound is a musical act known for its work with musician Bill Schneider.
  • B. Empty Sky
    "Empty Sky" is a song by Bruce Springsteen featured on his 2002 album *The Rising*, reflecting on the emotional aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
  • C. Thin Air
    "Thin Air" is a track by the electronic music duo Binaural, known for its atmospheric, immersive sound design.
  • D. The Hollow Places
    The Hollow Places is a contemporary horror novel by T. Kingfisher that blends cosmic dread, dark humor, and portal fantasy as a woman discovers a terrifying alternate world hidden behind a wall in her uncle’s museum.
  • E. Breath
    "Breath" is a short, minimalist stage piece by Samuel Beckett, known for its wordless depiction of existence through a brief cry, a single inhalation and exhalation, and shifting light on a heap of rubbish.
  • 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: Dead Air
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Dead Air]
Generated description
Dead Air is a contemporary novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a provocative radio shock jock whose life unravels amid political turmoil and personal scandal in early-2000s London.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dead Air
Target entity description: Dead Air is a contemporary novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that follows a provocative radio shock jock whose life unravels amid political turmoil and personal scandal in early-2000s London.
  • A. Dead Sound
    Dead Sound is a musical act known for its work with musician Bill Schneider.
  • B. Empty Sky
    "Empty Sky" is a song by Bruce Springsteen featured on his 2002 album *The Rising*, reflecting on the emotional aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
  • C. Thin Air
    "Thin Air" is a track by the electronic music duo Binaural, known for its atmospheric, immersive sound design.
  • D. Stop Breathing
    "Stop Breathing" is a hard-hitting, punk-influenced trap song by Playboi Carti known for its aggressive delivery, distorted production, and mosh-pit energy.
  • E. The Hollow Places
    The Hollow Places is a contemporary horror novel by T. Kingfisher that blends cosmic dread, dark humor, and portal fantasy as a woman discovers a terrifying alternate world hidden behind a wall in her uncle’s museum.
  • 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.