Triple

T15893447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Gaddis E385387 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Frolic of His Own
A Frolic of His Own is a darkly comic, intricately structured novel by William Gaddis that satirizes the American legal system and litigious culture.
E1182762 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: A Frolic of His Own | Statement: [William Gaddis, notableWork, A Frolic of His Own]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Frolic of His Own
Context triple: [William Gaddis, notableWork, A Frolic of His Own]
  • A. The Pleasure of His Company
    The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
  • B. In Place of Folly
    In Place of Folly is a nonfiction book by American editor and peace advocate Norman Cousins that critiques modern society’s reliance on war and irrational policies while arguing for more humane, rational approaches to global problems.
  • C. An Occasional Man
    "An Occasional Man" is a lighthearted popular song from the mid-20th century American songbook, known for its playful, tropical-themed lyrics and catchy melody.
  • D. The Fabulous Invalid
    The Fabulous Invalid is a 1938 Broadway play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that affectionately satirizes the American theatre world.
  • E. The Pleasure Garden
    The Pleasure Garden is a 1953 avant-garde short film co-directed by James Broughton and Karel Reisz, celebrated for its whimsical, poetic style and its influence on British experimental cinema.
  • 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: A Frolic of His Own
Triple: [William Gaddis, notableWork, A Frolic of His Own]
Generated description
A Frolic of His Own is a darkly comic, intricately structured novel by William Gaddis that satirizes the American legal system and litigious culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Frolic of His Own
Target entity description: A Frolic of His Own is a darkly comic, intricately structured novel by William Gaddis that satirizes the American legal system and litigious culture.
  • A. The Pleasure of His Company
    The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
  • B. In Place of Folly
    In Place of Folly is a nonfiction book by American editor and peace advocate Norman Cousins that critiques modern society’s reliance on war and irrational policies while arguing for more humane, rational approaches to global problems.
  • C. An Occasional Man
    "An Occasional Man" is a lighthearted popular song from the mid-20th century American songbook, known for its playful, tropical-themed lyrics and catchy melody.
  • D. The Fabulous Invalid
    The Fabulous Invalid is a 1938 Broadway play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that affectionately satirizes the American theatre world.
  • E. The Pleasure Garden
    The Pleasure Garden is a 1953 avant-garde short film co-directed by James Broughton and Karel Reisz, celebrated for its whimsical, poetic style and its influence on British experimental cinema.
  • 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_69d86da5b800819083a31be937d738b0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1563727cc819086b5c18b655dd7f6 completed April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb0497cb481908e8ea4ebb9c4039d completed May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb1b0ac6481908d2e6106c0984d21 completed May 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb2461ea48190ba05f7da71b0f80f completed May 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.