Triple

T15629393
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Junichiro Tanizaki E375768 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows is a classic 1933 essay by Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki that reflects on traditional Japanese aesthetics, especially the beauty of darkness, subtlety, and imperfection in contrast to Western modernity.
E1167578 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: In Praise of Shadows | Statement: [Junichiro Tanizaki, notableWork, In Praise of Shadows]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Praise of Shadows
Context triple: [Junichiro Tanizaki, notableWork, In Praise of Shadows]
  • A. Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness
    Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness is a classic 14th-century Japanese collection of reflective and aphoristic essays that meditate on impermanence, aesthetics, and the fleeting nature of human life.
  • B. Eight Views of Ōmi
    Eight Views of Ōmi is a celebrated series of landscape woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige depicting scenic locations around Lake Biwa in Japan.
  • C. Hidamari Gallery
    Hidamari Gallery is an art and exhibition space within Sapporo’s Moerenuma Park, known for showcasing contemporary works in harmony with the park’s sculptural landscape.
  • D. Pictures of the Floating World
    Pictures of the Floating World is a 1919 poetry collection by American imagist poet Amy Lowell, noted for its vivid, Japanese-influenced imagery and free-verse style.
  • E. Cloister of Paradise
    The Cloister of Paradise is a 13th-century Moorish-style cloister in Amalfi, Italy, renowned for its elegant arcades, palm-filled courtyard, and role as the historic cemetery of Amalfi’s nobility.
  • 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: In Praise of Shadows
Triple: [Junichiro Tanizaki, notableWork, In Praise of Shadows]
Generated description
In Praise of Shadows is a classic 1933 essay by Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki that reflects on traditional Japanese aesthetics, especially the beauty of darkness, subtlety, and imperfection in contrast to Western modernity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Praise of Shadows
Target entity description: In Praise of Shadows is a classic 1933 essay by Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki that reflects on traditional Japanese aesthetics, especially the beauty of darkness, subtlety, and imperfection in contrast to Western modernity.
  • A. Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness
    Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness is a classic 14th-century Japanese collection of reflective and aphoristic essays that meditate on impermanence, aesthetics, and the fleeting nature of human life.
  • B. Eight Views of Ōmi
    Eight Views of Ōmi is a celebrated series of landscape woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige depicting scenic locations around Lake Biwa in Japan.
  • C. Hidamari Gallery
    Hidamari Gallery is an art and exhibition space within Sapporo’s Moerenuma Park, known for showcasing contemporary works in harmony with the park’s sculptural landscape.
  • D. Pictures of the Floating World
    Pictures of the Floating World is a 1919 poetry collection by American imagist poet Amy Lowell, noted for its vivid, Japanese-influenced imagery and free-verse style.
  • E. Cloister of Paradise
    The Cloister of Paradise is a 13th-century Moorish-style cloister in Amalfi, Italy, renowned for its elegant arcades, palm-filled courtyard, and role as the historic cemetery of Amalfi’s nobility.
  • 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_69d85cd035a48190b73d5579ab73969a completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04eb4301881908c7157227fdf79b6 completed April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff5f43191c81908c5704314a002608 completed May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff5ffaefb4819094468ff0008740f8 completed May 9, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff6062f0ac819081270f270ce2f057 completed May 9, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.