Triple
T16636556
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tony Ross |
E404219
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Dr. Xargle series (illustrations)
The Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) are Tony Ross’s humorous, cartoon-style drawings that depict an alien professor comically explaining Earth and human customs to his extraterrestrial students in a set of popular children’s books.
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E1224455
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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: Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) | Statement: [Tony Ross, notableWork, Dr. Xargle series (illustrations)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) Context triple: [Tony Ross, notableWork, Dr. Xargle series (illustrations)]
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A.
Xanth series
The Xanth series is a long-running collection of pun-filled fantasy novels set in a magical version of Florida, written by author Piers Anthony.
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B.
The Boggart series
The Boggart series is a set of children's fantasy novels by Susan Cooper about a mischievous Scottish spirit that causes magical chaos when it becomes entangled with a modern family.
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C.
Mr. Pricklepants
Mr. Pricklepants is a theatrically inclined stuffed hedgehog character from the Toy Story franchise, known for his dramatic personality and love of method acting.
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D.
Alvirah and Willy series
The Alvirah and Willy series is a collection of light mystery novels by Mary Higgins Clark featuring a lottery-winning former cleaning woman and her devoted husband who repeatedly become amateur sleuths.
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E.
Heechee Saga
Heechee Saga is a science fiction series by Frederik Pohl that explores humanity’s discovery of an ancient alien race’s technology and the profound social, psychological, and cosmic consequences that follow.
- 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: Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) Triple: [Tony Ross, notableWork, Dr. Xargle series (illustrations)]
Generated description
The Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) are Tony Ross’s humorous, cartoon-style drawings that depict an alien professor comically explaining Earth and human customs to his extraterrestrial students in a set of popular children’s books.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) Target entity description: The Dr. Xargle series (illustrations) are Tony Ross’s humorous, cartoon-style drawings that depict an alien professor comically explaining Earth and human customs to his extraterrestrial students in a set of popular children’s books.
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A.
Xanth series
The Xanth series is a long-running collection of pun-filled fantasy novels set in a magical version of Florida, written by author Piers Anthony.
-
B.
The Boggart series
The Boggart series is a set of children's fantasy novels by Susan Cooper about a mischievous Scottish spirit that causes magical chaos when it becomes entangled with a modern family.
-
C.
Mr. Pricklepants
Mr. Pricklepants is a theatrically inclined stuffed hedgehog character from the Toy Story franchise, known for his dramatic personality and love of method acting.
-
D.
Alvirah and Willy series
The Alvirah and Willy series is a collection of light mystery novels by Mary Higgins Clark featuring a lottery-winning former cleaning woman and her devoted husband who repeatedly become amateur sleuths.
-
E.
Heechee Saga
Heechee Saga is a science fiction series by Frederik Pohl that explores humanity’s discovery of an ancient alien race’s technology and the profound social, psychological, and cosmic consequences that follow.
- 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_69d8838a41f08190b0c3f79c47df5078 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e378ea4b848190bf7c95dad8a855f0 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a007dc28df48190b01c1328df24df60 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a007e8cff9881908c6b86da38fc2f08 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a007f53918481908d84ecf50a562266 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.