Triple

T2899420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burma Railway E62618 entity
Predicate featuredIn P626 FINISHED
Object novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1952 war novel by Pierre Boulle that dramatizes the construction of a Japanese POW railway bridge in World War II, exploring themes of honor, duty, and the absurdity of war.
E307844 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: novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" | Statement: [Burma Railway, featuredIn, novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Context triple: [Burma Railway, featuredIn, novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"]
  • A. The Sand Pebbles
    The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American war drama film set in 1920s China, starring Steve McQueen as a U.S. Navy machinist’s mate aboard a gunboat on the Yangtze River.
  • B. The Bridges at Toko-Ri
    The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 war film, based on James A. Michener’s novel, that follows U.S. Navy pilots flying dangerous missions during the Korean War.
  • C. Burma Theater
    The Burma Theater was a major World War II combat zone in Southeast Asia where Allied forces fought primarily against Japan to secure supply routes and support Chinese resistance.
  • D. The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
  • E. book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
    "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" is a World War II memoir by pilot Ted W. Lawson recounting his experiences in the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor.
  • 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: novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Triple: [Burma Railway, featuredIn, novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"]
Generated description
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1952 war novel by Pierre Boulle that dramatizes the construction of a Japanese POW railway bridge in World War II, exploring themes of honor, duty, and the absurdity of war.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Target entity description: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1952 war novel by Pierre Boulle that dramatizes the construction of a Japanese POW railway bridge in World War II, exploring themes of honor, duty, and the absurdity of war.
  • A. The Sand Pebbles
    The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American war drama film set in 1920s China, starring Steve McQueen as a U.S. Navy machinist’s mate aboard a gunboat on the Yangtze River.
  • B. The Bridges at Toko-Ri
    The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 war film, based on James A. Michener’s novel, that follows U.S. Navy pilots flying dangerous missions during the Korean War.
  • C. Burma Theater
    The Burma Theater was a major World War II combat zone in Southeast Asia where Allied forces fought primarily against Japan to secure supply routes and support Chinese resistance.
  • D. The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
  • E. book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
    "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" is a World War II memoir by pilot Ted W. Lawson recounting his experiences in the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0ad7bbc8190822738baa6935b74 completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0318c544881909f6aabfb2d25e724 completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b038fdc7e881909dd0b6fd4f692e4a completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b03bca591c81908b3734cc8f2e712b completed March 10, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.