Triple

T15453017
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M. John Harrison E371697 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Pastel City
The Pastel City is a science fantasy novel by M. John Harrison set in a decaying far-future empire where rival factions vie for control of ancient technologies.
E1157779 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 Pastel City | Statement: [M. John Harrison, notableWork, The Pastel City]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pastel City
Context triple: [M. John Harrison, notableWork, The Pastel City]
  • A. Purple City
    Purple City is a Harlem-based hip hop group and affiliate of The Diplomats known for their mixtapes and street-oriented rap.
  • B. The City of Homes
    The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
  • C. City of Peculiar
    City of Peculiar is a small city in Cass County, Missouri, known for its distinctive name and suburban-rural character within the Kansas City metropolitan area.
  • D. Colored Town
    Colored Town was the early 20th-century African American neighborhood in Miami that later became known as Overtown, historically serving as a major cultural and residential center for Black residents during segregation.
  • E. Carnation City
    Carnation City is the nickname of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, reflecting its historical prominence in carnation flower cultivation.
  • 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 Pastel City
Triple: [M. John Harrison, notableWork, The Pastel City]
Generated description
The Pastel City is a science fantasy novel by M. John Harrison set in a decaying far-future empire where rival factions vie for control of ancient technologies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pastel City
Target entity description: The Pastel City is a science fantasy novel by M. John Harrison set in a decaying far-future empire where rival factions vie for control of ancient technologies.
  • A. Purple City
    Purple City is a Harlem-based hip hop group and affiliate of The Diplomats known for their mixtapes and street-oriented rap.
  • B. The City of Homes
    The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
  • C. City of Peculiar
    City of Peculiar is a small city in Cass County, Missouri, known for its distinctive name and suburban-rural character within the Kansas City metropolitan area.
  • D. Colored Town
    Colored Town was the early 20th-century African American neighborhood in Miami that later became known as Overtown, historically serving as a major cultural and residential center for Black residents during segregation.
  • E. Carnation City
    Carnation City is the nickname of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, reflecting its historical prominence in carnation flower cultivation.
  • 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.