Triple

T17237311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lafcadio Hearn E418396 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In Ghostly Japan
"In Ghostly Japan" is a collection of essays and ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese folklore, supernatural tales, and cultural customs from the late 19th century.
E1257998 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: In Ghostly Japan | Statement: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, In Ghostly Japan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Ghostly Japan
Context triple: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, In Ghostly Japan]
  • A. The Eternal Storehouse of Japan
    The Eternal Storehouse of Japan is a classic 17th-century Japanese work of fiction by Ihara Saikaku that vividly portrays the lives, morals, and money-driven pursuits of Osaka merchants.
  • B. Omitama
    Omitama is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, known for hosting Hyakuri Air Base and serving as a regional transportation and agricultural hub.
  • C. Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods
    "Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods" is an 1894 book by American astronomer and writer Percival Lowell that explores Japanese religious practices, folklore, and Shinto beliefs from a Western observer’s perspective.
  • D. Shinshukyo
    Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
  • E. Kamitsumaki
    Kamitsumaki is the first volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing on Shinto creation myths and the age of the gods.
  • 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: In Ghostly Japan
Triple: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, In Ghostly Japan]
Generated description
"In Ghostly Japan" is a collection of essays and ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese folklore, supernatural tales, and cultural customs from the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Ghostly Japan
Target entity description: "In Ghostly Japan" is a collection of essays and ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese folklore, supernatural tales, and cultural customs from the late 19th century.
  • A. The Eternal Storehouse of Japan
    The Eternal Storehouse of Japan is a classic 17th-century Japanese work of fiction by Ihara Saikaku that vividly portrays the lives, morals, and money-driven pursuits of Osaka merchants.
  • B. Omitama
    Omitama is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, known for hosting Hyakuri Air Base and serving as a regional transportation and agricultural hub.
  • C. Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods
    "Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods" is an 1894 book by American astronomer and writer Percival Lowell that explores Japanese religious practices, folklore, and Shinto beliefs from a Western observer’s perspective.
  • D. Shinshukyo
    Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
  • E. Kamitsumaki
    Kamitsumaki is the first volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing on Shinto creation myths and the age of the gods.
  • 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dfcf2608190b6935b79ea2ae946 completed April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01676596a48190ae17a411b86e613e completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0168a45fc881908540d142db1ed1e9 completed May 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01692c44c881908cd986ad6cf10596 completed May 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.