Triple
T20861771
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Don McKay |
E513636
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasWrittenWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Shell of the Tortoise |
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|
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: The Shell of the Tortoise | Statement: [Don McKay, hasWrittenWork, The Shell of the Tortoise]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shell of the Tortoise Context triple: [Don McKay, hasWrittenWork, The Shell of the Tortoise]
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A.
The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle is a surrealist literary work by American writer and artist Laurence Vail, reflecting his experimental, avant-garde style.
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B.
The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle is a 1947 romantic comedy film, based on John Van Druten’s play, about a shy young actress who spends a weekend with a soldier on leave in New York City.
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C.
The Back of the Turtle
The Back of the Turtle is a novel by Thomas King that explores environmental disaster, Indigenous identity, and corporate responsibility through a scientist’s return to his devastated home community.
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D.
In Search of the Turtle’s Navel
In Search of the Turtle’s Navel is a 1976 instrumental acoustic guitar album by William Ackerman that helped define the early Windham Hill sound and the contemporary new-age genre.
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E.
The Tortoise
"The Tortoise" is a poem, likely reflective or allegorical in nature, featured in the collection *The Burning Perch* by Irish poet Louis MacNeice.
- 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: The Shell of the Tortoise Target entity description: The Shell of the Tortoise is a collection of essays by Canadian poet Don McKay that explores nature, poetics, and the relationship between language and the wild.
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A.
The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle is a surrealist literary work by American writer and artist Laurence Vail, reflecting his experimental, avant-garde style.
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B.
The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle is a 1947 romantic comedy film, based on John Van Druten’s play, about a shy young actress who spends a weekend with a soldier on leave in New York City.
-
C.
The Back of the Turtle
The Back of the Turtle is a novel by Thomas King that explores environmental disaster, Indigenous identity, and corporate responsibility through a scientist’s return to his devastated home community.
-
D.
In Search of the Turtle’s Navel
In Search of the Turtle’s Navel is a 1976 instrumental acoustic guitar album by William Ackerman that helped define the early Windham Hill sound and the contemporary new-age genre.
-
E.
The Tortoise
"The Tortoise" is a poem, likely reflective or allegorical in nature, featured in the collection *The Burning Perch* by Irish poet Louis MacNeice.
- 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_69e0b4f5b01081909452f654d2fc3f50 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c3ad3d1c8190be2fe35a85f2447c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m.