Triple

T16922665
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Thomson (writer) E410478 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Primo Levi: A Life
Primo Levi: A Life is a comprehensive biography by Ian Thomson that explores the life, writings, and legacy of the Italian Holocaust survivor and author Primo Levi.
E1241221 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: Primo Levi: A Life | Statement: [Ian Thomson (writer), notableWork, Primo Levi: A Life]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Primo Levi: A Life
Context triple: [Ian Thomson (writer), notableWork, Primo Levi: A Life]
  • A. Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
    Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
  • B. From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival
    From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival is a Holocaust memoir by Sobibor death camp survivor Thomas Blatt, recounting his experiences before, during, and after the camp uprising.
  • C. Primo Levi
    Primo Levi was an Italian Jewish chemist and writer renowned for his powerful memoirs and reflections on his experiences in Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust.
  • D. Survival in Auschwitz
    Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • E. Imre Kertész’s Holocaust trilogy
    Imre Kertész’s Holocaust trilogy is a series of interconnected novels that explore the psychological and existential aftermath of the Holocaust through introspective, often autobiographical narratives.
  • 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: Primo Levi: A Life
Triple: [Ian Thomson (writer), notableWork, Primo Levi: A Life]
Generated description
Primo Levi: A Life is a comprehensive biography by Ian Thomson that explores the life, writings, and legacy of the Italian Holocaust survivor and author Primo Levi.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Primo Levi: A Life
Target entity description: Primo Levi: A Life is a comprehensive biography by Ian Thomson that explores the life, writings, and legacy of the Italian Holocaust survivor and author Primo Levi.
  • A. Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
    Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
  • B. From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival
    From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival is a Holocaust memoir by Sobibor death camp survivor Thomas Blatt, recounting his experiences before, during, and after the camp uprising.
  • C. Primo Levi
    Primo Levi was an Italian Jewish chemist and writer renowned for his powerful memoirs and reflections on his experiences in Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust.
  • D. Survival in Auschwitz
    Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • E. Imre Kertész’s Holocaust trilogy
    Imre Kertész’s Holocaust trilogy is a series of interconnected novels that explore the psychological and existential aftermath of the Holocaust through introspective, often autobiographical narratives.
  • 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cdf06e8c81908028efef2faa6c6b completed April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfd5e17481909fc4303fcc1342bf completed May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 completed May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d14b83d88190b3dbc124d5b33029 completed May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.