Triple

T2021237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Irving E44109 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Water-Method Man
The Water-Method Man is a comic novel by John Irving that follows the misadventures and emotional struggles of a perpetually evasive graduate student and translator.
E225155 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: The Water-Method Man | Statement: [John Irving, notableWork, The Water-Method Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Water-Method Man
Context triple: [John Irving, notableWork, The Water-Method Man]
  • A. The Water Man
    The Water Man is a 2020 family adventure-drama film and the directorial debut of David Oyelowo, following a boy’s mystical quest to save his ailing mother.
  • B. Dighty Water
    Dighty Water is a small river in Angus, Scotland, that flows through the Monifieth and Dundee area before entering the Firth of Tay.
  • C. Black Water
    Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
  • D. Lightwater
    Lightwater is a village and civil parish in the English county of Surrey, known for its residential character and proximity to heathland and countryside.
  • E. Madman Across the Water
    Madman Across the Water is a 1971 studio album by Elton John, known for its richly orchestrated rock sound and the classic track "Tiny Dancer."
  • 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: The Water-Method Man
Triple: [John Irving, notableWork, The Water-Method Man]
Generated description
The Water-Method Man is a comic novel by John Irving that follows the misadventures and emotional struggles of a perpetually evasive graduate student and translator.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Water-Method Man
Target entity description: The Water-Method Man is a comic novel by John Irving that follows the misadventures and emotional struggles of a perpetually evasive graduate student and translator.
  • A. The Water Man
    The Water Man is a 2020 family adventure-drama film and the directorial debut of David Oyelowo, following a boy’s mystical quest to save his ailing mother.
  • B. Dighty Water
    Dighty Water is a small river in Angus, Scotland, that flows through the Monifieth and Dundee area before entering the Firth of Tay.
  • C. Black Water
    Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
  • D. Lightwater
    Lightwater is a village and civil parish in the English county of Surrey, known for its residential character and proximity to heathland and countryside.
  • E. Madman Across the Water
    Madman Across the Water is a 1971 studio album by Elton John, known for its richly orchestrated rock sound and the classic track "Tiny Dancer."
  • 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8ee02dc81908fec9fd8df7a4f40 completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0af60fac8190bc8c8a212a422305 completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b8bd2bc8190a6f16519f3f6e924 completed March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0bf5364c8190bffbbd211a5e11a6 completed March 8, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.