Triple

T2240971
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Frayn E49393 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Spies
Spies is a novel by Michael Frayn that explores childhood memory, secrecy, and the blurred line between imagination and reality in wartime England.
 E246820 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: Spies | Statement: [Michael Frayn, notableWork, Spies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Spies
Context triple: [Michael Frayn, notableWork, Spies]
  • A. Spies
    Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
  • B. Spies
    Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
  • C. The Spy
    "The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
  • D. SPY
    SPY is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, a widely traded fund that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 stock market index.
  • E. American Spy
    "American Spy" is a memoir by former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, recounting his clandestine operations and career in U.S. intelligence.
  • 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: Spies
Triple: [Michael Frayn, notableWork, Spies]
Generated description
Spies is a novel by Michael Frayn that explores childhood memory, secrecy, and the blurred line between imagination and reality in wartime England.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Spies
Target entity description: Spies is a novel by Michael Frayn that explores childhood memory, secrecy, and the blurred line between imagination and reality in wartime England.
  • A. Spies
    Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
  • B. Spies
    Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
  • C. The Spy
    "The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
  • D. SPY
    SPY is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, a widely traded fund that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 stock market index.
  • E. American Spy
    "American Spy" is a memoir by former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, recounting his clandestine operations and career in U.S. intelligence.
  • 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_69a88aa979788190ad6500f1d8eee2fc completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc0be7fb4819081a5f9c46b616bdb completed March 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6b0cb4f0819087061434d44dc3a3 completed March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b9edb688190a4e6e4a4ddf964f3 completed March 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6bfbb6cc81909d647b3875450b4b completed March 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.