Triple

T15453016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M. John Harrison E371697 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Viriconium
Viriconium is a series of surreal, genre-defying fantasy novels and stories by M. John Harrison, set in a decaying, dreamlike city that constantly shifts in form and meaning.
E1157778 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: Viriconium | Statement: [M. John Harrison, notableWork, Viriconium]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viriconium
Context triple: [M. John Harrison, notableWork, Viriconium]
  • A. Alexandria Ultima
    Alexandria Ultima is the Latin name for Alexandria Eschate, an ancient city founded by Alexander the Great at the far northeastern edge of his empire in Central Asia.
  • B. Arular
    Arular is the critically acclaimed debut studio album by British-Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., known for its politically charged lyrics and innovative fusion of electronic, hip hop, and world music.
  • C. City of a Hundred Spires
    City of a Hundred Spires is a poetic nickname for Prague, highlighting its skyline filled with historic church towers and spires.
  • D. The Twenty-Seventh City
    The Twenty-Seventh City is Jonathan Franzen’s debut novel, a darkly satirical political thriller set in St. Louis that explores themes of power, urban decline, and social manipulation.
  • E. The Spindle City
    The Spindle City is a nickname for Cohoes, New York, reflecting its historic prominence as a 19th-century textile and mill town.
  • 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: Viriconium
Triple: [M. John Harrison, notableWork, Viriconium]
Generated description
Viriconium is a series of surreal, genre-defying fantasy novels and stories by M. John Harrison, set in a decaying, dreamlike city that constantly shifts in form and meaning.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viriconium
Target entity description: Viriconium is a series of surreal, genre-defying fantasy novels and stories by M. John Harrison, set in a decaying, dreamlike city that constantly shifts in form and meaning.
  • A. Alexandria Ultima
    Alexandria Ultima is the Latin name for Alexandria Eschate, an ancient city founded by Alexander the Great at the far northeastern edge of his empire in Central Asia.
  • B. Arular
    Arular is the critically acclaimed debut studio album by British-Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., known for its politically charged lyrics and innovative fusion of electronic, hip hop, and world music.
  • C. City of a Hundred Spires
    City of a Hundred Spires is a poetic nickname for Prague, highlighting its skyline filled with historic church towers and spires.
  • D. The Twenty-Seventh City
    The Twenty-Seventh City is Jonathan Franzen’s debut novel, a darkly satirical political thriller set in St. Louis that explores themes of power, urban decline, and social manipulation.
  • E. The Spindle City
    The Spindle City is a nickname for Cohoes, New York, reflecting its historic prominence as a 19th-century textile and mill town.
  • 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_69d85cc8bd308190886949510b42e764 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03f131b1481909ff099c3b844ee07 completed April 16, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff21b3c5a481908057e94fd84f3cfc completed May 9, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff23e23b6c81909148a3bbb7288f04 completed May 9, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff24c8c43c81909a972dca1ed3cd36 completed May 9, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.