Triple
T2894422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Foster Wallace |
E63902
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Pale King
The Pale King is an unfinished posthumous novel by David Foster Wallace that explores boredom, bureaucracy, and the search for meaning through the lives of IRS employees in the 1980s.
|
E308223
|
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: The Pale King | Statement: [David Foster Wallace, notableWork, The Pale King]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pale King Context triple: [David Foster Wallace, notableWork, The Pale King]
-
A.
The Alphabet of Grace
The Alphabet of Grace is a reflective theological memoir by Frederick Buechner that explores everyday life as a medium of God’s presence and grace.
-
B.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
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C.
The Order of Things
The Order of Things is a seminal 1966 work of philosophy by Michel Foucault that analyzes how different historical periods have structured knowledge and the human sciences.
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D.
El reino de este mundo
El reino de este mundo is a landmark novel of Latin American literature by Alejo Carpentier that explores the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style and the concept of lo real maravilloso (the marvelous real).
-
E.
Die Ersten und die Letzten
Die Ersten und die Letzten is the memoir of German Luftwaffe fighter ace Adolf Galland, recounting his experiences and perspectives as a leading World War II pilot and commander.
- 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: The Pale King Triple: [David Foster Wallace, notableWork, The Pale King]
Generated description
The Pale King is an unfinished posthumous novel by David Foster Wallace that explores boredom, bureaucracy, and the search for meaning through the lives of IRS employees in the 1980s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pale King Target entity description: The Pale King is an unfinished posthumous novel by David Foster Wallace that explores boredom, bureaucracy, and the search for meaning through the lives of IRS employees in the 1980s.
-
A.
The Alphabet of Grace
The Alphabet of Grace is a reflective theological memoir by Frederick Buechner that explores everyday life as a medium of God’s presence and grace.
-
B.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
-
C.
The Order of Things
The Order of Things is a seminal 1966 work of philosophy by Michel Foucault that analyzes how different historical periods have structured knowledge and the human sciences.
-
D.
El reino de este mundo
El reino de este mundo is a landmark novel of Latin American literature by Alejo Carpentier that explores the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style and the concept of lo real maravilloso (the marvelous real).
-
E.
Die Ersten und die Letzten
Die Ersten und die Letzten is the memoir of German Luftwaffe fighter ace Adolf Galland, recounting his experiences and perspectives as a leading World War II pilot and commander.
- 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b031814764819096a1664b468ec817 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b03206ad288190aaa97a9379f3438c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b0398b955c81909c6155706f4b90e9 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.