Triple

T23236391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irving Shulman E581308 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object The Velvet Knife — 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 Velvet Knife | Statement: [Irving Shulman, wrote, The Velvet Knife]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Velvet Knife
Context triple: [Irving Shulman, wrote, The Velvet Knife]
  • A. White Knife
    The White Knife is a major river in the North of Westeros in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," serving as the primary waterway leading to the port city of White Harbor.
  • B. Subtle Knife
    The Subtle Knife is a powerful, dimension-cutting blade from Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy that can slice through any material and open windows between worlds.
  • C. "The Knife"
    "The Knife" is one of the short stories in Stephen Crane’s Whilomville Stories collection, set in the fictional town of Whilomville and exploring small-town American life.
  • D. Razorblade
    "Razorblade" is a song featured on the album "History for Sale" by the American rock band Blue October.
  • E. A Twist of the Knife
    A Twist of the Knife is a television mystery film based on the series Diagnosis: Murder, featuring Dr. Mark Sloan solving a complex medical-related crime.
  • 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 Velvet Knife
Target entity description: The Velvet Knife is a mid-20th-century novel by American writer Irving Shulman, known for its gritty, hardboiled portrayal of urban crime and moral decay.
  • A. White Knife
    The White Knife is a major river in the North of Westeros in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," serving as the primary waterway leading to the port city of White Harbor.
  • B. Subtle Knife
    The Subtle Knife is a powerful, dimension-cutting blade from Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy that can slice through any material and open windows between worlds.
  • C. "The Knife"
    "The Knife" is one of the short stories in Stephen Crane’s Whilomville Stories collection, set in the fictional town of Whilomville and exploring small-town American life.
  • D. Razorblade
    "Razorblade" is a song featured on the album "History for Sale" by the American rock band Blue October.
  • E. A Twist of the Knife
    A Twist of the Knife is a television mystery film based on the series Diagnosis: Murder, featuring Dr. Mark Sloan solving a complex medical-related crime.
  • 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_69e2460556f88190be1744a84a84173f completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f192e98dec8190a23385600bed9ae0 completed April 29, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m.