Triple

T16321401
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Watson E396299 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Flies of Memory
The Flies of Memory is a science fiction novel by British author Ian Watson that blends psychological themes with speculative concepts in a character-driven narrative.
E1207501 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 Flies of Memory | Statement: [Ian Watson, notableWork, The Flies of Memory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Flies of Memory
Context triple: [Ian Watson, notableWork, The Flies of Memory]
  • A. Letters to Memory
    Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
  • B. Jar of Flies
    Jar of Flies is a critically acclaimed 1994 EP by American rock band Alice in Chains, known for its dark, acoustic sound and introspective themes.
  • C. The Beating of His Wings
    The Beating of His Wings is a dark fantasy novel by Paul Hoffman that concludes his Left Hand of God trilogy, following the fate of the antihero Thomas Cale in a brutal, theologically charged world.
  • D. The House of the Seven Flies
    The House of the Seven Flies is a mid-20th-century thriller novel by Victor Canning involving stolen wartime treasure, murder, and intrigue in the Netherlands.
  • E. The Voice of Memory
    The Voice of Memory is a collection of autobiographical and reflective writings by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, illuminating his life, creative philosophy, and literary legacy.
  • 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 Flies of Memory
Triple: [Ian Watson, notableWork, The Flies of Memory]
Generated description
The Flies of Memory is a science fiction novel by British author Ian Watson that blends psychological themes with speculative concepts in a character-driven narrative.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Flies of Memory
Target entity description: The Flies of Memory is a science fiction novel by British author Ian Watson that blends psychological themes with speculative concepts in a character-driven narrative.
  • A. Letters to Memory
    Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
  • B. Jar of Flies
    Jar of Flies is a critically acclaimed 1994 EP by American rock band Alice in Chains, known for its dark, acoustic sound and introspective themes.
  • C. The Beating of His Wings
    The Beating of His Wings is a dark fantasy novel by Paul Hoffman that concludes his Left Hand of God trilogy, following the fate of the antihero Thomas Cale in a brutal, theologically charged world.
  • D. The House of the Seven Flies
    The House of the Seven Flies is a mid-20th-century thriller novel by Victor Canning involving stolen wartime treasure, murder, and intrigue in the Netherlands.
  • E. The Voice of Memory
    The Voice of Memory is a collection of autobiographical and reflective writings by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, illuminating his life, creative philosophy, and literary legacy.
  • 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e296b5f0f081909a5379deaf0df5d5 completed April 17, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00260904748190ae1eb5713a6daa68 completed May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00279321708190b91aaed83f1abc2c completed May 10, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00282d9b0c81908031404c41b3baa5 completed May 10, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.