Triple

T16584780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Neil LaBute E402925 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shape of Things (play)
The Shape of Things is a darkly comic stage play by Neil LaBute that explores manipulation, morality, and the nature of art and relationships through the transformation of an insecure college student by a mysterious art graduate.
E1221015 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 Shape of Things (play) | Statement: [Neil LaBute, notableWork, The Shape of Things (play)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shape of Things (play)
Context triple: [Neil LaBute, notableWork, The Shape of Things (play)]
  • A. Still Life (play)
    Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
  • B. The Empty Space
    The Empty Space is Peter Brook’s influential 1968 book of theatre theory that redefines modern performance by exploring the nature and possibilities of live theatre.
  • C. The Real Thing
    The Real Thing is a 1982 play by Tom Stoppard that explores love, fidelity, and authenticity through a meta-theatrical story about a playwright whose personal and professional lives intertwine.
  • D. The Real Thing
    The Real Thing is a pop album by American singer-songwriter Matt Morris that showcases his soulful vocals and introspective songwriting.
  • E. All in a Night’s Work
    All in a Night’s Work is a 1961 romantic comedy film starring Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine, known for its lighthearted blend of mistaken identities and corporate intrigue.
  • 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 Shape of Things (play)
Triple: [Neil LaBute, notableWork, The Shape of Things (play)]
Generated description
The Shape of Things is a darkly comic stage play by Neil LaBute that explores manipulation, morality, and the nature of art and relationships through the transformation of an insecure college student by a mysterious art graduate.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shape of Things (play)
Target entity description: The Shape of Things is a darkly comic stage play by Neil LaBute that explores manipulation, morality, and the nature of art and relationships through the transformation of an insecure college student by a mysterious art graduate.
  • A. Still Life (play)
    Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
  • B. The Empty Space
    The Empty Space is Peter Brook’s influential 1968 book of theatre theory that redefines modern performance by exploring the nature and possibilities of live theatre.
  • C. The Real Thing
    The Real Thing is a 1982 play by Tom Stoppard that explores love, fidelity, and authenticity through a meta-theatrical story about a playwright whose personal and professional lives intertwine.
  • D. The Real Thing
    The Real Thing is a pop album by American singer-songwriter Matt Morris that showcases his soulful vocals and introspective songwriting.
  • E. All in a Night’s Work
    All in a Night’s Work is a 1961 romantic comedy film starring Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine, known for its lighthearted blend of mistaken identities and corporate intrigue.
  • 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3599b057881909fcb8bbb156633a8 completed April 18, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a006ef2d6048190954144ab848760ec completed May 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a006fc84390819083d9d2ac1c558827 completed May 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007068715c8190914ccac7b14103e4 completed May 10, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.