Triple

T4171157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Italo Calvino E84564 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Path to the Nest of Spiders
The Path to the Nest of Spiders is Italo Calvino’s debut novel, a neorealist coming-of-age story set among Italian partisans during World War II, told from the perspective of a young boy.
E417935 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 Path to the Nest of Spiders | Statement: [Italo Calvino, notableWork, The Path to the Nest of Spiders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Path to the Nest of Spiders
Context triple: [Italo Calvino, notableWork, The Path to the Nest of Spiders]
  • A. The Spider
    The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
  • B. The Spider’s Thread
    "The Spider’s Thread" is a renowned short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of sin, redemption, and moral choice through a parable-like tale set between hell and paradise.
  • C. The Smiling Spider
    The Smiling Spider is a famous Symbolist charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon depicting a fantastical, grinning arachnid that exemplifies his eerie, dreamlike imagery.
  • D. Pająk
    Pająk is a Polish surname borne by various notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and public figures.
  • E. Serpent’s Mouth
    Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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 Path to the Nest of Spiders
Triple: [Italo Calvino, notableWork, The Path to the Nest of Spiders]
Generated description
The Path to the Nest of Spiders is Italo Calvino’s debut novel, a neorealist coming-of-age story set among Italian partisans during World War II, told from the perspective of a young boy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Path to the Nest of Spiders
Target entity description: The Path to the Nest of Spiders is Italo Calvino’s debut novel, a neorealist coming-of-age story set among Italian partisans during World War II, told from the perspective of a young boy.
  • A. The Spider
    The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
  • B. The Spider’s Thread
    "The Spider’s Thread" is a renowned short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of sin, redemption, and moral choice through a parable-like tale set between hell and paradise.
  • C. The Smiling Spider
    The Smiling Spider is a famous Symbolist charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon depicting a fantastical, grinning arachnid that exemplifies his eerie, dreamlike imagery.
  • D. Pająk
    Pająk is a Polish surname borne by various notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and public figures.
  • E. Serpent’s Mouth
    Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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_69aed932cab48190b80ffe35f7029ae1 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af02c9e12c81908d0b22671fea2453 completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f4ef1a08190a232ed94595a86e8 completed March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b580e08e888190b48ddae4435c984a completed March 14, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5817b52bc8190aba6863a9ef05acf completed March 14, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.