Triple

T17237313
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lafcadio Hearn E418396 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
"Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation" is a 1904 book of cultural essays by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese religion, customs, and social life for Western readers.
E1258000 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: Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation | Statement: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Context triple: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation]
  • A. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
    The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a landmark 1946 anthropological study that analyzes Japanese culture and social structure, especially concepts of honor, obligation, and shame, from an American perspective during World War II.
  • B. Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World
    Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World is a collection of essays by historian John W. Dower that examines Japan’s modern history, memory, and postwar transformation in a global context.
  • C. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
    Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines Japan’s political, social, and cultural transformation under Allied occupation after World War II.
  • D. Blueprint for a New Japan (Nihon Kaizō Keikaku)
    Blueprint for a New Japan (Nihon Kaizō Keikaku) is a influential political reform manifesto by Japanese politician Ichirō Ozawa that outlines his vision for restructuring Japan’s political and governmental systems.
  • E. Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago)
    Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago) is a 1972 political and economic manifesto by Kakuei Tanaka outlining ambitious plans for Japan’s regional development and infrastructure modernization.
  • 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: Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Triple: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation]
Generated description
"Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation" is a 1904 book of cultural essays by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese religion, customs, and social life for Western readers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Target entity description: "Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation" is a 1904 book of cultural essays by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese religion, customs, and social life for Western readers.
  • A. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
    The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a landmark 1946 anthropological study that analyzes Japanese culture and social structure, especially concepts of honor, obligation, and shame, from an American perspective during World War II.
  • B. Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World
    Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World is a collection of essays by historian John W. Dower that examines Japan’s modern history, memory, and postwar transformation in a global context.
  • C. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
    Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines Japan’s political, social, and cultural transformation under Allied occupation after World War II.
  • D. Blueprint for a New Japan (Nihon Kaizō Keikaku)
    Blueprint for a New Japan (Nihon Kaizō Keikaku) is a influential political reform manifesto by Japanese politician Ichirō Ozawa that outlines his vision for restructuring Japan’s political and governmental systems.
  • E. Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago)
    Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago) is a 1972 political and economic manifesto by Kakuei Tanaka outlining ambitious plans for Japan’s regional development and infrastructure modernization.
  • 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.