Triple

T15039784
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Steep Approach to Garbadale
The Steep Approach to Garbadale is a contemporary novel by Iain M. Banks that follows a Scottish family confronting buried secrets and corporate power struggles as they gather to decide the fate of their ancestral game company.
E1133295 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 Steep Approach to Garbadale | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Steep Approach to Garbadale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Steep Approach to Garbadale]
  • A. Turnhouse Hill
    Turnhouse Hill is a prominent grassy summit in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, popular with walkers for its accessible ridge routes and panoramic views.
  • B. The Slopes
    The Slopes is a historic landscaped park in Buxton, Derbyshire, known for its terraced walks, ornamental gardens, and views over the town’s spa architecture.
  • C. Steep Canyon Rangers
    Steep Canyon Rangers are a Grammy-winning American bluegrass band known for their tight harmonies, virtuosic instrumentation, and frequent collaborations with comedian and banjoist Steve Martin.
  • D. High Pike
    High Pike is a prominent fell in England’s Lake District, known for its sweeping views over the Northern Fells and surrounding valleys.
  • E. The Brollachan
    The Brollachan is a mysterious, formless and malevolent creature from Celtic and British fantasy folklore, often depicted as a shadowy presence that embodies fear and darkness.
  • 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 Steep Approach to Garbadale
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Steep Approach to Garbadale]
Generated description
The Steep Approach to Garbadale is a contemporary novel by Iain M. Banks that follows a Scottish family confronting buried secrets and corporate power struggles as they gather to decide the fate of their ancestral game company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Target entity description: The Steep Approach to Garbadale is a contemporary novel by Iain M. Banks that follows a Scottish family confronting buried secrets and corporate power struggles as they gather to decide the fate of their ancestral game company.
  • A. Turnhouse Hill
    Turnhouse Hill is a prominent grassy summit in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, popular with walkers for its accessible ridge routes and panoramic views.
  • B. The Slopes
    The Slopes is a historic landscaped park in Buxton, Derbyshire, known for its terraced walks, ornamental gardens, and views over the town’s spa architecture.
  • C. Steep Canyon Rangers
    Steep Canyon Rangers are a Grammy-winning American bluegrass band known for their tight harmonies, virtuosic instrumentation, and frequent collaborations with comedian and banjoist Steve Martin.
  • D. High Pike
    High Pike is a prominent fell in England’s Lake District, known for its sweeping views over the Northern Fells and surrounding valleys.
  • E. The Brollachan
    The Brollachan is a mysterious, formless and malevolent creature from Celtic and British fantasy folklore, often depicted as a shadowy presence that embodies fear and darkness.
  • 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.