Triple
T2798001
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walker Evans |
E53084
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Subway Portraits
Subway Portraits is a renowned series of candid photographs by Walker Evans capturing anonymous New York City subway riders in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
|
E298371
|
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: Subway Portraits | Statement: [Walker Evans, notableWork, Subway Portraits]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subway Portraits Context triple: [Walker Evans, notableWork, Subway Portraits]
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A.
The Decisive Moment
The Decisive Moment is a landmark 1952 photography book by Henri Cartier-Bresson that crystallized his influential concept of capturing fleeting, meaningful instants in everyday life.
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B.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) is a landmark collection of documentary images depicting impoverished tenant farmers in the American South during the Great Depression, created to accompany James Agee’s influential text of the same name.
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C.
Pentimento: A Book of Portraits
Pentimento: A Book of Portraits is Lillian Hellman’s acclaimed memoir composed of reflective, character-driven sketches that blend personal history with controversial recollections of people and events in her life.
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D.
Life Itself
"Life Itself" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 album *Working on a Dream*, blending reflective lyrics with his signature rock sound.
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E.
Life with Picasso
Life with Picasso is a memoir by Françoise Gilot recounting her intimate years with Pablo Picasso and offering an insider’s portrait of the artist and his circle.
- 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: Subway Portraits Triple: [Walker Evans, notableWork, Subway Portraits]
Generated description
Subway Portraits is a renowned series of candid photographs by Walker Evans capturing anonymous New York City subway riders in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subway Portraits Target entity description: Subway Portraits is a renowned series of candid photographs by Walker Evans capturing anonymous New York City subway riders in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
-
A.
The Decisive Moment
The Decisive Moment is a landmark 1952 photography book by Henri Cartier-Bresson that crystallized his influential concept of capturing fleeting, meaningful instants in everyday life.
-
B.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) is a landmark collection of documentary images depicting impoverished tenant farmers in the American South during the Great Depression, created to accompany James Agee’s influential text of the same name.
-
C.
Pentimento: A Book of Portraits
Pentimento: A Book of Portraits is Lillian Hellman’s acclaimed memoir composed of reflective, character-driven sketches that blend personal history with controversial recollections of people and events in her life.
-
D.
Life Itself
"Life Itself" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 album *Working on a Dream*, blending reflective lyrics with his signature rock sound.
-
E.
Life with Picasso
Life with Picasso is a memoir by Françoise Gilot recounting her intimate years with Pablo Picasso and offering an insider’s portrait of the artist and his circle.
- 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_69ab495a90788190941b6917e1eca3a6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abddf204148190a53f3f30d645d94c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc66798148190bd7b163043167409 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc6e808708190a6fecd30f47d7e5a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc766c2508190af1d598eb18d38f7 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:58 p.m.