Triple

T16824911
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilbur Smith E408993 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Sound of Thunder E397499 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Sound of Thunder | Statement: [Wilbur Smith, notableWork, The Sound of Thunder]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Sound of Thunder
Context triple: [Wilbur Smith, notableWork, The Sound of Thunder]
  • A. The Sound of Thunder chosen
    The Sound of Thunder is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family amid the turmoil of the Second Boer War in South Africa.
  • B. A Sound of Thunder
    A Sound of Thunder is a 2005 science fiction film about time travel and its catastrophic effects on the future, loosely based on Ray Bradbury’s classic short story of the same name.
  • C. The Time Travelers
    The Time Travelers is a science fiction film best known for its story of scientists who open a portal to a post-apocalyptic future, leading to unexpected and perilous consequences.
  • D. Die Flucht aus der Zeit
    Die Flucht aus der Zeit is Hugo Ball’s autobiographical diary and key Dada document, chronicling his experiences, ideas, and reflections during the birth of the Dada movement in Zurich.
  • E. Voyage in Time
    Voyage in Time is a 1983 documentary film that follows director Andrei Tarkovsky and screenwriter Tonino Guerra as they travel through Italy discussing cinema, art, and Tarkovsky’s creative philosophy.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d88394566c8190b3dcbdc72935f7fa elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3b310ffec81908087e5aaacc4a7c2 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a00b29c170c81908fcc88c31e266ffb ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.