Triple
T17127357
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Hickey |
E415630
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Butcher Boy |
E894345
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Butcher Boy | Statement: [Tom Hickey, notableWork, The Butcher Boy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Butcher Boy Context triple: [Tom Hickey, notableWork, The Butcher Boy]
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A.
The Butcher Boy
chosen
The Butcher Boy is a darkly comic Irish novel by Patrick McCabe that follows the disturbing psychological unraveling of a troubled boy in a small 1960s Irish town.
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B.
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness novel by Eimear McBride that explores a young Irish woman's traumatic coming-of-age through fragmented, innovative prose.
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C.
Molloy
Molloy is a modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that follows two interlinked, often absurd and introspective narratives exploring identity, language, and existential uncertainty.
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D.
Joyce Country
Joyce Country is a scenic, mountainous region in western Ireland known for its rugged landscapes, lakes, and traditional Irish culture.
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E.
Angela’s Ashes
Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir recounting his impoverished Irish Catholic childhood in Limerick during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3f027a3d081908fc1134b50db3d45 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a013a145e7481909242aab69baeb7a0 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.