Triple

T15984959
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gary Shteyngart E387667 entity
Predicate notableWorkPublicationYear P38930 FINISHED
Object 2014: Little Failure
"2014: Little Failure" refers to Gary Shteyngart’s acclaimed memoir "Little Failure," in which he recounts his experiences as a Soviet Jewish immigrant growing up in the United States with dark humor and self-deprecating insight.
E1188186 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: 2014: Little Failure | Statement: [Gary Shteyngart, notableWorkPublicationYear, 2014: Little Failure]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2014: Little Failure
Context triple: [Gary Shteyngart, notableWorkPublicationYear, 2014: Little Failure]
  • A. The Disappointment Artist
    The Disappointment Artist is a collection of autobiographical essays by Jonathan Lethem that explores his life, obsessions, and cultural influences through reflections on books, films, and music.
  • B. A Difficult Year
    A Difficult Year is a French comedy-drama film co-directed by Olivier Nakache that follows two debt-ridden friends who become entangled with an environmental activist group.
  • C. Years and Years
    Years and Years is a British dystopian drama television series that follows a Manchester family through rapidly shifting political, technological, and social upheavals over several decades.
  • D. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
    Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire was an American band led by violinist and songwriter Andrew Bird, known for its eclectic blend of jazz, swing, folk, and indie rock in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • E. A Place to Bury Strangers
    A Place to Bury Strangers is a New York City–based noise rock and shoegaze band known for their intensely loud live shows and heavily distorted, effects-driven sound.
  • 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: 2014: Little Failure
Triple: [Gary Shteyngart, notableWorkPublicationYear, 2014: Little Failure]
Generated description
"2014: Little Failure" refers to Gary Shteyngart’s acclaimed memoir "Little Failure," in which he recounts his experiences as a Soviet Jewish immigrant growing up in the United States with dark humor and self-deprecating insight.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2014: Little Failure
Target entity description: "2014: Little Failure" refers to Gary Shteyngart’s acclaimed memoir "Little Failure," in which he recounts his experiences as a Soviet Jewish immigrant growing up in the United States with dark humor and self-deprecating insight.
  • A. The Disappointment Artist
    The Disappointment Artist is a collection of autobiographical essays by Jonathan Lethem that explores his life, obsessions, and cultural influences through reflections on books, films, and music.
  • B. A Difficult Year
    A Difficult Year is a French comedy-drama film co-directed by Olivier Nakache that follows two debt-ridden friends who become entangled with an environmental activist group.
  • C. Years and Years
    Years and Years is a British dystopian drama television series that follows a Manchester family through rapidly shifting political, technological, and social upheavals over several decades.
  • D. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
    Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire was an American band led by violinist and songwriter Andrew Bird, known for its eclectic blend of jazz, swing, folk, and indie rock in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • E. A Place to Bury Strangers
    A Place to Bury Strangers is a New York City–based noise rock and shoegaze band known for their intensely loud live shows and heavily distorted, effects-driven sound.
  • 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e15757a3548190900de1962308f6b8 completed April 16, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffc3cdf7848190848e9081027dc027 completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffc5669c1c81909bacf61c96cb7816 completed May 9, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffc5c7db1c8190b4e1de6f6e3ce8a0 completed May 9, 2026, 11:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.