Triple

T16105701
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wayne Wang E390732 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is a 1989 darkly comic crime film by director Wayne Wang that explores the gritty underworld of Hong Kong through a stylized, offbeat narrative.
 E1195126 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: Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive | Statement: [Wayne Wang, notableWork, Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Context triple: [Wayne Wang, notableWork, Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive]
  • A. Everything Is Expensive
    "Everything Is Expensive" is a studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Esthero, showcasing her blend of trip hop, pop, and alternative influences.
  • B. Life Sucks
    "Life Sucks" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, reflecting the raw, straightforward style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
  • C. Life's a Bitch
    "Life's a Bitch" is a reflective, jazz-infused hip-hop track by AZ (featuring Nas) that is widely regarded as one of the standout songs on Nas's classic 1994 album *Illmatic*.
  • D. Talk Is Cheap
    Talk Is Cheap is Keith Richards’ acclaimed 1988 debut solo album, known for its raw rock and roll sound and collaborations with members of his X-Pensive Winos band.
  • E. Talk Is Cheap
    "Talk Is Cheap" is a soulful, downtempo electronic single by Australian musician Chet Faker that helped bring him widespread international recognition.
  • 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: Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Triple: [Wayne Wang, notableWork, Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive]
Generated description
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is a 1989 darkly comic crime film by director Wayne Wang that explores the gritty underworld of Hong Kong through a stylized, offbeat narrative.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Target entity description: Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is a 1989 darkly comic crime film by director Wayne Wang that explores the gritty underworld of Hong Kong through a stylized, offbeat narrative.
  • A. Everything Is Expensive
    "Everything Is Expensive" is a studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Esthero, showcasing her blend of trip hop, pop, and alternative influences.
  • B. Life Sucks
    "Life Sucks" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, reflecting the raw, straightforward style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
  • C. Life's a Bitch
    "Life's a Bitch" is a reflective, jazz-infused hip-hop track by AZ (featuring Nas) that is widely regarded as one of the standout songs on Nas's classic 1994 album *Illmatic*.
  • D. Talk Is Cheap
    Talk Is Cheap is Keith Richards’ acclaimed 1988 debut solo album, known for its raw rock and roll sound and collaborations with members of his X-Pensive Winos band.
  • E. Talk Is Cheap
    "Talk Is Cheap" is a soulful, downtempo electronic single by Australian musician Chet Faker that helped bring him widespread international recognition.
  • 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_69d87f1a8dd881909f1de6ef78849874 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1ff6d81d081909e1315f4dbfd7369 completed April 17, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffeba1e4c08190a90f5102e0038056 completed May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffed3d57388190a4d0faa58ee2a27b completed May 10, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffedfb88a881909e6adbb3a372246b completed May 10, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.