Triple

T2490357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dennis Lehane E52024 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Small Mercies
Small Mercies is a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that explores racial tension, violence, and moral ambiguity in 1970s Boston.
E272340 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: Small Mercies | Statement: [Dennis Lehane, notableWork, Small Mercies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Small Mercies
Context triple: [Dennis Lehane, notableWork, Small Mercies]
  • A. At the Mercy
    "At the Mercy" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 album *Chaos and Creation in the Backyard*.
  • B. Point of Mercy
    Point of Mercy is the English meaning of "Ponta da Piedade," a famous scenic coastal headland near Lagos in Portugal known for its dramatic cliffs and rock formations.
  • C. The Sisters
    The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
  • D. The Sisters
    "The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
  • E. Small Pleasures
    "Small Pleasures" is an early abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that exemplifies his move toward non-representational art through dynamic color, form, and spiritual symbolism.
  • 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: Small Mercies
Triple: [Dennis Lehane, notableWork, Small Mercies]
Generated description
Small Mercies is a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that explores racial tension, violence, and moral ambiguity in 1970s Boston.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Small Mercies
Target entity description: Small Mercies is a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that explores racial tension, violence, and moral ambiguity in 1970s Boston.
  • A. At the Mercy
    "At the Mercy" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 album *Chaos and Creation in the Backyard*.
  • B. Point of Mercy
    Point of Mercy is the English meaning of "Ponta da Piedade," a famous scenic coastal headland near Lagos in Portugal known for its dramatic cliffs and rock formations.
  • C. The Sisters
    "The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
  • D. The Sisters
    The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
  • E. Small Pleasures
    "Small Pleasures" is an early abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that exemplifies his move toward non-representational art through dynamic color, form, and spiritual symbolism.
  • 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_69ab4955111c8190835bf619adec21ff completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd18fe32081909580c6272a6013c5 completed March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af1f9111ec8190b464da14bc4be11e completed March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af209cb5dc8190b0a9870462205cd2 completed March 9, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af2119cf10819083e0c66ae63eed2c completed March 9, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.