Triple
T3101106
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jonathan Lethem |
E64719
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
|
E326655
|
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: Motherless Brooklyn | Statement: [Jonathan Lethem, notableWork, Motherless Brooklyn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motherless Brooklyn Context triple: [Jonathan Lethem, notableWork, Motherless Brooklyn]
-
A.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel, that weaves together violent, gothic tales of faith, corruption, and trauma in mid-20th-century rural Ohio and West Virginia.
-
B.
Stingo
Stingo is the young Southern writer and narrator in William Styron’s novel "Sophie’s Choice," through whose perspective the tragic story unfolds.
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C.
The Corrections
The Corrections is a critically acclaimed novel by Jonathan Franzen that explores the complexities of a Midwestern American family at the turn of the 21st century.
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D.
The Only Living Boy in New York
"The Only Living Boy in New York" is a reflective folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel, noted for its lush harmonies and introspective lyrics about isolation and friendship.
-
E.
The Believer
The Believer is a 2001 drama film about a young Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi, known for its intense exploration of identity and extremism.
- 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: Motherless Brooklyn Triple: [Jonathan Lethem, notableWork, Motherless Brooklyn]
Generated description
Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motherless Brooklyn Target entity description: Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
-
A.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel, that weaves together violent, gothic tales of faith, corruption, and trauma in mid-20th-century rural Ohio and West Virginia.
-
B.
Stingo
Stingo is the young Southern writer and narrator in William Styron’s novel "Sophie’s Choice," through whose perspective the tragic story unfolds.
-
C.
The Corrections
The Corrections is a critically acclaimed novel by Jonathan Franzen that explores the complexities of a Midwestern American family at the turn of the 21st century.
-
D.
The Only Living Boy in New York
"The Only Living Boy in New York" is a reflective folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel, noted for its lush harmonies and introspective lyrics about isolation and friendship.
-
E.
The Believer
The Believer is a 2001 drama film about a young Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi, known for its intense exploration of identity and extremism.
- 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_69ad857dc98481909e585dc3372e3ed5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada26c76ec81908d11f82be573c518 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b203809fac81908047b1139b13cb04 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b20532b7388190be5f7bcf48db6f45 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2058d7c4c8190a44fc8745df3b1b3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.