Triple

T3104685
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jacques le fataliste et son maître E64803 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish novelist and clergyman best known for his innovative, digressive narrative style in works like "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
E327904 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: Laurence Sterne | Statement: [Jacques le fataliste et son maître, influencedBy, Laurence Sterne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurence Sterne
Context triple: [Jacques le fataliste et son maître, influencedBy, Laurence Sterne]
  • A. Henry Fielding
    Henry Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist and dramatist best known for his satirical works such as "Tom Jones," which helped shape the development of the modern novel.
  • B. Tobias Smollett
    Tobias Smollett was an 18th-century Scottish novelist, satirist, and physician best known for his picaresque novels and sharp social commentary.
  • C. Jonathan Swift
    Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.
  • D. Samuel Johnson
    Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
  • E. William Makepeace Thackeray
    William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist best known for his satirical works, particularly the novel "Vanity Fair."
  • 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: Laurence Sterne
Triple: [Jacques le fataliste et son maître, influencedBy, Laurence Sterne]
Generated description
Laurence Sterne was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish novelist and clergyman best known for his innovative, digressive narrative style in works like "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurence Sterne
Target entity description: Laurence Sterne was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish novelist and clergyman best known for his innovative, digressive narrative style in works like "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."
  • A. Henry Fielding
    Henry Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist and dramatist best known for his satirical works such as "Tom Jones," which helped shape the development of the modern novel.
  • B. Tobias Smollett
    Tobias Smollett was an 18th-century Scottish novelist, satirist, and physician best known for his picaresque novels and sharp social commentary.
  • C. Jonathan Swift
    Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.
  • D. Samuel Johnson
    Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
  • E. William Makepeace Thackeray
    William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist best known for his satirical works, particularly the novel "Vanity Fair."
  • 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_69ad857eeaf48190b34ebfdaa7a264cf completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada29a90e88190afb8a10291ef1946 completed March 8, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20388b7788190b78b9dd2671214ad completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b204d73a34819099411deeac073b4a completed March 12, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b208879a408190aaa368c73d096bb3 completed March 12, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.