Triple

T3249522
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore Dreiser E68141 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Stoic
"The Stoic" is a posthumously published novel by American author Theodore Dreiser that concludes his Trilogy of Desire, following the rise and moral decline of a ruthless financier.
E340846 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 Stoic | Statement: [Theodore Dreiser, notableWork, The Stoic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Stoic
Context triple: [Theodore Dreiser, notableWork, The Stoic]
  • A. Epictetus
    Epictetus was a Greek-born Stoic philosopher and former slave whose teachings on inner freedom, virtue, and rational self-mastery profoundly shaped later Stoic thought and Western philosophy.
  • B. Musonius Rufus
    Musonius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman Stoic philosopher and teacher, renowned for his practical ethics and for mentoring Epictetus.
  • C. Zeno of Citium
    Zeno of Citium was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school, emphasizing virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature.
  • D. Persaeus of Citium
    Persaeus of Citium was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher and close associate of Zeno of Citium, known for helping develop and disseminate early Stoic thought.
  • E. Epicurus
    Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a school of thought that taught that the highest good is the pursuit of modest pleasures, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
  • 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 Stoic
Triple: [Theodore Dreiser, notableWork, The Stoic]
Generated description
"The Stoic" is a posthumously published novel by American author Theodore Dreiser that concludes his Trilogy of Desire, following the rise and moral decline of a ruthless financier.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Stoic
Target entity description: "The Stoic" is a posthumously published novel by American author Theodore Dreiser that concludes his Trilogy of Desire, following the rise and moral decline of a ruthless financier.
  • A. Epictetus
    Epictetus was a Greek-born Stoic philosopher and former slave whose teachings on inner freedom, virtue, and rational self-mastery profoundly shaped later Stoic thought and Western philosophy.
  • B. Musonius Rufus
    Musonius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman Stoic philosopher and teacher, renowned for his practical ethics and for mentoring Epictetus.
  • C. Zeno of Citium
    Zeno of Citium was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school, emphasizing virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature.
  • D. Persaeus of Citium
    Persaeus of Citium was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher and close associate of Zeno of Citium, known for helping develop and disseminate early Stoic thought.
  • E. Epicurus
    Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a school of thought that taught that the highest good is the pursuit of modest pleasures, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
  • 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_69ad858e4c708190aa31d486cfee8a6a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaf3fc3c8819080ac95974581ca0e completed March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2776934108190ac405ba5ebd47084 completed March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b27c2c16188190af03674ead3944de completed March 12, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b27ca63b1c8190ac6f67aef6d2c7e1 completed March 12, 2026, 8:43 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.