Triple

T2216557
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Ondaatje E48045 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In the Skin of a Lion
In the Skin of a Lion is a 1987 novel by Michael Ondaatje that lyrically explores the lives of immigrant workers who helped build early 20th-century Toronto.
E244903 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: In the Skin of a Lion | Statement: [Michael Ondaatje, notableWork, In the Skin of a Lion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Skin of a Lion
Context triple: [Michael Ondaatje, notableWork, In the Skin of a Lion]
  • A. Cat's Eye
    Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
  • B. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
  • C. The Razor's Edge
    The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.
  • D. The Pale Blue Eye
    The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 gothic mystery film that follows a detective investigating murders at West Point with the help of a young Edgar Allan Poe.
  • E. The Art of Cruelty
    The Art of Cruelty is a critical work of cultural theory in which Maggie Nelson examines representations of violence and suffering in art, film, and literature, questioning their ethical and aesthetic implications.
  • 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: In the Skin of a Lion
Triple: [Michael Ondaatje, notableWork, In the Skin of a Lion]
Generated description
In the Skin of a Lion is a 1987 novel by Michael Ondaatje that lyrically explores the lives of immigrant workers who helped build early 20th-century Toronto.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Skin of a Lion
Target entity description: In the Skin of a Lion is a 1987 novel by Michael Ondaatje that lyrically explores the lives of immigrant workers who helped build early 20th-century Toronto.
  • A. Cat's Eye
    Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
  • B. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
  • C. The Razor's Edge
    The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.
  • D. The Pale Blue Eye
    The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 gothic mystery film that follows a detective investigating murders at West Point with the help of a young Edgar Allan Poe.
  • E. The Art of Cruelty
    The Art of Cruelty is a critical work of cultural theory in which Maggie Nelson examines representations of violence and suffering in art, film, and literature, questioning their ethical and aesthetic implications.
  • 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_69a88aa1ee708190862c8c378c41e9eb completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc00f4c3881909d03301fcdfa8b67 completed March 7, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae65594c948190a43bdab03e61c130 completed March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae65e191f88190a08f96e8ba5f71bb completed March 9, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae66590480819093de9e9abf681a6a completed March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.