Triple

T2217277
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John le Carré E48060 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy is a 1986 espionage novel by John le Carré that explores identity, betrayal, and loyalty through the life of a deeply conflicted British intelligence officer.
E249142 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: A Perfect Spy | Statement: [John le Carré, notableWork, A Perfect Spy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfect Spy
Context triple: [John le Carré, notableWork, A Perfect Spy]
  • A. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows retired intelligence officer George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole inside the British Secret Service.
  • B. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
  • C. The Night Manager
    The Night Manager is a 1993 espionage novel by John le Carré that follows a former British soldier turned hotel night manager who becomes embroiled in an undercover operation to bring down an international arms dealer.
  • D. Smiley’s People (novel)
    Smiley’s People is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that concludes the Karla Trilogy, following spymaster George Smiley as he investigates the death of a former agent and confronts his Soviet nemesis.
  • E. The Little Drummer Girl
    The Little Drummer Girl is a television miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, featuring Florence Pugh as a young actress drawn into an intricate Israeli intelligence operation.
  • 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: A Perfect Spy
Triple: [John le Carré, notableWork, A Perfect Spy]
Generated description
A Perfect Spy is a 1986 espionage novel by John le Carré that explores identity, betrayal, and loyalty through the life of a deeply conflicted British intelligence officer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfect Spy
Target entity description: A Perfect Spy is a 1986 espionage novel by John le Carré that explores identity, betrayal, and loyalty through the life of a deeply conflicted British intelligence officer.
  • A. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows retired intelligence officer George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole inside the British Secret Service.
  • B. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
  • C. The Night Manager
    The Night Manager is a 1993 espionage novel by John le Carré that follows a former British soldier turned hotel night manager who becomes embroiled in an undercover operation to bring down an international arms dealer.
  • D. Smiley’s People (novel)
    Smiley’s People is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that concludes the Karla Trilogy, following spymaster George Smiley as he investigates the death of a former agent and confronts his Soviet nemesis.
  • E. The Little Drummer Girl
    The Little Drummer Girl is a television miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, featuring Florence Pugh as a young actress drawn into an intricate Israeli intelligence operation.
  • 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_69abc010bd4c8190ace293b37eac1de5 completed March 7, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae71b811748190b985972a74c0355d completed March 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae72a2b92c8190a7d4ff441f1cb1ce completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae732a7cf08190b119ca7809350269 completed March 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.