Triple
T3331515
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jonathan Franzen |
E70042
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Crossroads
Crossroads is a 2021 family saga novel by Jonathan Franzen that explores faith, morality, and personal crisis within a Midwestern pastor’s family in the 1970s.
|
E348001
|
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: Crossroads | Statement: [Jonathan Franzen, notableWork, Crossroads]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossroads Context triple: [Jonathan Franzen, notableWork, Crossroads]
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A.
Crossroads
Crossroads is a township in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa, historically known for its role in anti-apartheid resistance and community activism.
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B.
Crossroads
Crossroads is a long-running British television soap opera set in a Midlands motel, known for its melodramatic storylines and iconic status in UK popular culture.
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C.
Crossroads Theme
"Crossroads Theme" is a musical track featured on Paul McCartney and Wings' 1975 album *Venus and Mars*, known for its brief, instrumental, television-theme-style arrangement.
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D.
Road of Life
The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.
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E.
End of the Road
"End of the Road" is a 1992 R&B ballad by Boyz II Men that became a massive international hit, noted for its emotional lyrics and record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100.
- 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: Crossroads Triple: [Jonathan Franzen, notableWork, Crossroads]
Generated description
Crossroads is a 2021 family saga novel by Jonathan Franzen that explores faith, morality, and personal crisis within a Midwestern pastor’s family in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossroads Target entity description: Crossroads is a 2021 family saga novel by Jonathan Franzen that explores faith, morality, and personal crisis within a Midwestern pastor’s family in the 1970s.
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A.
Crossroads
Crossroads is a long-running British television soap opera set in a Midlands motel, known for its melodramatic storylines and iconic status in UK popular culture.
-
B.
Crossroads
Crossroads is a township in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa, historically known for its role in anti-apartheid resistance and community activism.
-
C.
Crossroads Theme
"Crossroads Theme" is a musical track featured on Paul McCartney and Wings' 1975 album *Venus and Mars*, known for its brief, instrumental, television-theme-style arrangement.
-
D.
Road of Life
The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.
-
E.
End of the Road
"End of the Road" is a 1992 R&B ballad by Boyz II Men that became a massive international hit, noted for its emotional lyrics and record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100.
- 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_69ad85a24f208190bcf83131bfed3521 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb191e1988190a1d88596f6605aff |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31a841c608190942e040c14f560d2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31c37f3a08190823c32e8f933ce82 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31caa4e188190b4dfd613fdaebdb6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.