Triple

T20426661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable) E501017 entity
Predicate precedes P97 FINISHED
Object Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho) NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho) | Statement: [Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable), precedes, Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho)
Context triple: [Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable), precedes, Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho)]
  • A. Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable)
    Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy—comprising the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—is a landmark of modernist literature that explores themes of identity, consciousness, and existential despair through fragmented narratives and increasingly abstract, introspective prose.
  • B. Samuel Beckett’s trilogy
    Samuel Beckett’s trilogy is a landmark sequence of three modernist novels—Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—known for their bleak humor, experimental style, and exploration of identity and existence.
  • C. Samuel Beckett bibliography
    The Samuel Beckett bibliography is the comprehensive body of literary and dramatic works, including novels, plays, and shorter texts, written by the Irish modernist author Samuel Beckett.
  • D. Samuel Beckett television plays
    The Samuel Beckett television plays are a group of minimalist, experimental dramas written for TV that explore themes of isolation, memory, and the limits of communication through stark visuals and sparse dialogue.
  • E. Beckett’s short plays
    Beckett’s short plays are a collection of brief, often minimalist and darkly comic theatrical works that distill Samuel Beckett’s themes of existential uncertainty, human isolation, and the absurdity of communication.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho)
Target entity description: Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho) is a group of experimental, minimalist prose works that push his exploration of language, consciousness, and human existence to an even more fragmented and austere extreme.
  • A. Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable)
    Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy—comprising the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—is a landmark of modernist literature that explores themes of identity, consciousness, and existential despair through fragmented narratives and increasingly abstract, introspective prose.
  • B. Samuel Beckett’s trilogy
    Samuel Beckett’s trilogy is a landmark sequence of three modernist novels—Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—known for their bleak humor, experimental style, and exploration of identity and existence.
  • C. Samuel Beckett bibliography
    The Samuel Beckett bibliography is the comprehensive body of literary and dramatic works, including novels, plays, and shorter texts, written by the Irish modernist author Samuel Beckett.
  • D. Samuel Beckett television plays
    The Samuel Beckett television plays are a group of minimalist, experimental dramas written for TV that explore themes of isolation, memory, and the limits of communication through stark visuals and sparse dialogue.
  • E. Beckett’s short plays
    Beckett’s short plays are a collection of brief, often minimalist and darkly comic theatrical works that distill Samuel Beckett’s themes of existential uncertainty, human isolation, and the absurdity of communication.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e0b4aa68fc8190b1a14c55575ef04a completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e67ba9700481909fa23493f98095d1 completed April 20, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:30 a.m.