Triple
T2021542
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Twice-Told Tales |
E44114
|
entity |
| Predicate | containsWork |
P2011
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent
"Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores psychological torment and obsessive self-absorption through the symbol of a serpent dwelling in a man's chest.
|
E225225
|
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: Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent | Statement: [Twice-Told Tales, containsWork, Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent Context triple: [Twice-Told Tales, containsWork, Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent]
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A.
Idols of the Theatre
Idols of the Theatre are one of Francis Bacon’s categories of systematic human error, referring to false philosophical systems and dogmas that distort our understanding of nature like staged illusions.
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B.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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C.
De voluptate
De voluptate is a 15th-century philosophical dialogue by Lorenzo Valla that critiques medieval scholasticism and defends an Epicurean-influenced view of pleasure as central to the good life.
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D.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 film noir crime drama starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt, known for its tale of a veteran homicide detective who becomes entangled in a murder cover-up.
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E.
The Confidence-Man
The Confidence-Man is an 1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville that unfolds aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exploring themes of deception, trust, and American identity through a series of enigmatic encounters.
- 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: Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent Triple: [Twice-Told Tales, containsWork, Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent]
Generated description
"Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores psychological torment and obsessive self-absorption through the symbol of a serpent dwelling in a man's chest.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent Target entity description: "Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores psychological torment and obsessive self-absorption through the symbol of a serpent dwelling in a man's chest.
-
A.
Idols of the Theatre
Idols of the Theatre are one of Francis Bacon’s categories of systematic human error, referring to false philosophical systems and dogmas that distort our understanding of nature like staged illusions.
-
B.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
-
C.
De voluptate
De voluptate is a 15th-century philosophical dialogue by Lorenzo Valla that critiques medieval scholasticism and defends an Epicurean-influenced view of pleasure as central to the good life.
-
D.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 film noir crime drama starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt, known for its tale of a veteran homicide detective who becomes entangled in a murder cover-up.
-
E.
The Confidence-Man
The Confidence-Man is an 1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville that unfolds aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exploring themes of deception, trust, and American identity through a series of enigmatic encounters.
- 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.