Triple

T2895618
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carson McCullers E63932 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Clock Without Hands
Clock Without Hands is a 1961 novel by Carson McCullers that explores themes of mortality, racism, and moral decay in a small Southern town on the brink of desegregation.
E307446 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: Clock Without Hands | Statement: [Carson McCullers, notableWork, Clock Without Hands]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clock Without Hands
Context triple: [Carson McCullers, notableWork, Clock Without Hands]
  • A. A Kind of Stopwatch
    "A Kind of Stopwatch" is a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone in which a man acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time, leading to unforeseen consequences.
  • B. The Wonder Clock
    The Wonder Clock is a collection of illustrated fairy tales and stories for children by American author and artist Howard Pyle, known for its whimsical narratives and detailed drawings.
  • C. Hourglass
    Hourglass is a Grammy-winning 1997 studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that blends introspective lyrics with polished folk-rock and soft rock arrangements.
  • D. A Stitch in Time
    A Stitch in Time is a 1963 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a well-meaning but accident-prone butcher’s assistant who causes chaos while volunteering at a children’s hospital.
  • E. The Clock
    The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
  • 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: Clock Without Hands
Triple: [Carson McCullers, notableWork, Clock Without Hands]
Generated description
Clock Without Hands is a 1961 novel by Carson McCullers that explores themes of mortality, racism, and moral decay in a small Southern town on the brink of desegregation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clock Without Hands
Target entity description: Clock Without Hands is a 1961 novel by Carson McCullers that explores themes of mortality, racism, and moral decay in a small Southern town on the brink of desegregation.
  • A. A Kind of Stopwatch
    "A Kind of Stopwatch" is a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone in which a man acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time, leading to unforeseen consequences.
  • B. The Wonder Clock
    The Wonder Clock is a collection of illustrated fairy tales and stories for children by American author and artist Howard Pyle, known for its whimsical narratives and detailed drawings.
  • C. Hourglass
    Hourglass is a Grammy-winning 1997 studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that blends introspective lyrics with polished folk-rock and soft rock arrangements.
  • D. A Stitch in Time
    A Stitch in Time is a 1963 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a well-meaning but accident-prone butcher’s assistant who causes chaos while volunteering at a children’s hospital.
  • E. The Clock
    The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
  • 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_69abe06509808190b673222b9ae3d599 completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b03184d6fc81908119cf090e312c9e completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b035668e808190bf97708ac6c119af completed March 10, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b03c2d0d908190b63dad3d8fcb4a29 completed March 10, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:08 p.m.