Triple
T17219158
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Invisible Cities |
E417928
|
entity |
| Predicate | cityCategories |
P70987
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cities and the Dead
"Cities and the Dead" is one of the thematic groups of imagined cities in Italo Calvino’s novel *Invisible Cities*, focusing on urban spaces shaped by memory, mortality, and the presence of the dead.
|
E1257689
|
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: Cities and the Dead | Statement: [Invisible Cities, cityCategories, Cities and the Dead]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cities and the Dead Context triple: [Invisible Cities, cityCategories, Cities and the Dead]
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A.
Among the Dead
"Among the Dead" is a darkly comic novel by Michael Tolkin that explores guilt, faith, and moral reckoning through the story of a man confronting his past after surviving a plane crash.
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B.
The Dead City
The Dead City is an English title for "Die tote Stadt," an early 20th-century opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold that explores grief, memory, and obsession in a dreamlike, symbolist setting.
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C.
From the Dead
"From the Dead" is a song from the Broadway musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
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D.
The Living and the Dead
The Living and the Dead is a British supernatural drama television series set in Victorian rural England, blending ghostly mysteries with psychological and folk-horror elements.
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E.
The Living and the Dead
The Living and the Dead is a major poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reflecting his philosophical and lyrical meditations on life, memory, and mortality.
- 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: Cities and the Dead Triple: [Invisible Cities, cityCategories, Cities and the Dead]
Generated description
"Cities and the Dead" is one of the thematic groups of imagined cities in Italo Calvino’s novel *Invisible Cities*, focusing on urban spaces shaped by memory, mortality, and the presence of the dead.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cities and the Dead Target entity description: "Cities and the Dead" is one of the thematic groups of imagined cities in Italo Calvino’s novel *Invisible Cities*, focusing on urban spaces shaped by memory, mortality, and the presence of the dead.
-
A.
Among the Dead
"Among the Dead" is a darkly comic novel by Michael Tolkin that explores guilt, faith, and moral reckoning through the story of a man confronting his past after surviving a plane crash.
-
B.
The Dead City
The Dead City is an English title for "Die tote Stadt," an early 20th-century opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold that explores grief, memory, and obsession in a dreamlike, symbolist setting.
-
C.
From the Dead
"From the Dead" is a song from the Broadway musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
-
D.
The Living and the Dead
The Living and the Dead is a British supernatural drama television series set in Victorian rural England, blending ghostly mysteries with psychological and folk-horror elements.
-
E.
The Living and the Dead
The Living and the Dead is a major poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reflecting his philosophical and lyrical meditations on life, memory, and mortality.
- 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42ddc3cb88190a67e35164d710d9d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01675553b88190a04987b0de62cb15 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0169e5f7e881909cb3fe35935d888d |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a016a46409881908ea7e93fd31cd5c5 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:33 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.