Triple

T17336361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dan Simmons E420944 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Hard as Nails
Hard as Nails is a hardboiled crime novel by Dan Simmons featuring ex–cop turned private investigator Joe Kurtz in a gritty, violent noir setting.
E1263329 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: Hard as Nails | Statement: [Dan Simmons, notableWork, Hard as Nails]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hard as Nails
Context triple: [Dan Simmons, notableWork, Hard as Nails]
  • A. Tougher Than Leather
    Tougher Than Leather is Run-D.M.C.’s 1988 hip hop album that followed their breakthrough success, blending harder-edged production with their signature rap-rock style.
  • B. Thickskin
    Thickskin is a 2003 hard rock/heavy metal studio album by Skid Row that marked the band’s first full-length release with a new lineup after the departure of original vocalist Sebastian Bach.
  • C. The Tough Ones
    The Tough Ones is a 1970s Italian poliziottesco crime-action film known for its gritty violence, tough cop antihero, and cult status among Eurocrime cinema fans.
  • D. Cry Tough
    Cry Tough is a 1976 rock album by Nils Lofgren that showcases his melodic guitar work and songwriting in the mid-1970s singer-songwriter scene.
  • E. Cry Tough
    Cry Tough is a 1959 crime drama film in which Martha Hyer stars in a story about a young Puerto Rican man's struggle to escape a life of gang violence.
  • 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: Hard as Nails
Triple: [Dan Simmons, notableWork, Hard as Nails]
Generated description
Hard as Nails is a hardboiled crime novel by Dan Simmons featuring ex–cop turned private investigator Joe Kurtz in a gritty, violent noir setting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hard as Nails
Target entity description: Hard as Nails is a hardboiled crime novel by Dan Simmons featuring ex–cop turned private investigator Joe Kurtz in a gritty, violent noir setting.
  • A. Tougher Than Leather
    Tougher Than Leather is Run-D.M.C.’s 1988 hip hop album that followed their breakthrough success, blending harder-edged production with their signature rap-rock style.
  • B. Thickskin
    Thickskin is a 2003 hard rock/heavy metal studio album by Skid Row that marked the band’s first full-length release with a new lineup after the departure of original vocalist Sebastian Bach.
  • C. The Tough Ones
    The Tough Ones is a 1970s Italian poliziottesco crime-action film known for its gritty violence, tough cop antihero, and cult status among Eurocrime cinema fans.
  • D. Cry Tough
    Cry Tough is a 1976 rock album by Nils Lofgren that showcases his melodic guitar work and songwriting in the mid-1970s singer-songwriter scene.
  • E. Cry Tough
    Cry Tough is a 1959 crime drama film in which Martha Hyer stars in a story about a young Puerto Rican man's struggle to escape a life of gang violence.
  • 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_69d889d3adc881909319f1edb8d2a956 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a121aa081908a62fa59d3d28765 completed April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a018c5474788190936840effee2a8f5 completed May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a018d1601208190acd755618c6c939e completed May 11, 2026, 8:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a018e0400888190a4eb8fa418517ac5 completed May 11, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.