Triple

T16321407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Watson E396299 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Evil Water and Other Stories
Evil Water and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by British author Ian Watson, showcasing his characteristically imaginative and intellectually challenging speculative tales.
E1207507 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: Evil Water and Other Stories | Statement: [Ian Watson, notableWork, Evil Water and Other Stories]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evil Water and Other Stories
Context triple: [Ian Watson, notableWork, Evil Water and Other Stories]
  • A. The Wide Net and Other Stories
    The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
  • B. The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
    The Delicate Prey and Other Stories is a collection of dark, atmospheric short fiction by Paul Bowles that explores violence, alienation, and cultural dislocation, often set in North Africa.
  • C. Loot and Other Stories
    Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
  • D. The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories
    The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction that explores themes of colonialism, cultural conflict, and personal identity in Zimbabwean society.
  • E. The Wall and Other Stories
    The Wall and Other Stories is a collection of existentialist short stories by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of freedom, absurdity, and human anguish.
  • 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: Evil Water and Other Stories
Triple: [Ian Watson, notableWork, Evil Water and Other Stories]
Generated description
Evil Water and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by British author Ian Watson, showcasing his characteristically imaginative and intellectually challenging speculative tales.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evil Water and Other Stories
Target entity description: Evil Water and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by British author Ian Watson, showcasing his characteristically imaginative and intellectually challenging speculative tales.
  • A. The Wide Net and Other Stories
    The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
  • B. The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
    The Delicate Prey and Other Stories is a collection of dark, atmospheric short fiction by Paul Bowles that explores violence, alienation, and cultural dislocation, often set in North Africa.
  • C. Loot and Other Stories
    Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
  • D. The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories
    The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction that explores themes of colonialism, cultural conflict, and personal identity in Zimbabwean society.
  • E. The Wall and Other Stories
    The Wall and Other Stories is a collection of existentialist short stories by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of freedom, absurdity, and human anguish.
  • 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.