Triple

T2081325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam Shepard E45248 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
E231454 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: Curse of the Starving Class | Statement: [Sam Shepard, notableWork, Curse of the Starving Class]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curse of the Starving Class
Context triple: [Sam Shepard, notableWork, Curse of the Starving Class]
  • A. The Great Commoner
    The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
  • B. L'Extinction du paupérisme
    L'Extinction du paupérisme is a political and social treatise proposing measures to eliminate poverty in 19th-century France.
  • C. Ripaille
    Ripaille is a historic lakeside château and former monastic estate on the southern shore of Lake Geneva in Thonon-les-Bains, France, known for its association with the Dukes of Savoy and later wine production.
  • D. City of Workers
    "City of Workers" is a nickname for Lawrence, Massachusetts, reflecting its historic role as a major industrial mill city with a large working-class population.
  • E. De Gemeene Gratie
    De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
  • 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: Curse of the Starving Class
Triple: [Sam Shepard, notableWork, Curse of the Starving Class]
Generated description
Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curse of the Starving Class
Target entity description: Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
  • A. The Great Commoner
    The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
  • B. L'Extinction du paupérisme
    L'Extinction du paupérisme is a political and social treatise proposing measures to eliminate poverty in 19th-century France.
  • C. Ripaille
    Ripaille is a historic lakeside château and former monastic estate on the southern shore of Lake Geneva in Thonon-les-Bains, France, known for its association with the Dukes of Savoy and later wine production.
  • D. City of Workers
    "City of Workers" is a nickname for Lawrence, Massachusetts, reflecting its historic role as a major industrial mill city with a large working-class population.
  • E. De Gemeene Gratie
    De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
  • 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_69a8891869c88190a02643e3bb746f59 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba35c2588190933dba882f52dd17 completed March 7, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae273ad87c8190a7b1407868692202 completed March 9, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae27b2c9d08190b1950abd8d41d3b3 completed March 9, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2817ce3c81908e48170760cf98ef completed March 9, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.