Triple
T4307959
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Human Comedy |
E94001
|
entity |
| Predicate | setInFictionalTown |
P7550
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ithaca, California
Ithaca, California is the fictional small-town setting of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," modeled on his hometown of Fresno during World War II.
|
E429244
|
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: Ithaca, California | Statement: [The Human Comedy, setInFictionalTown, Ithaca, California]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ithaca, California Context triple: [The Human Comedy, setInFictionalTown, Ithaca, California]
-
A.
Albany, California
Albany, California is a small coastal city in Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its residential character, waterfront parks, and proximity to Berkeley.
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B.
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County known for hosting major aerospace and technology companies, including SpaceX’s headquarters.
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C.
Colfax, California
Colfax, California is a small historic Gold Rush–era town in Placer County known as a former railroad hub in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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D.
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg, California is an industrial and residential city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its waterfront location on the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and its long history tied to manufacturing and shipping.
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E.
Pomona, California
Pomona, California is a city in eastern Los Angeles County known for its diverse community, historic downtown, and role as a regional center for education and culture in the Pomona Valley.
- 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: Ithaca, California Triple: [The Human Comedy, setInFictionalTown, Ithaca, California]
Generated description
Ithaca, California is the fictional small-town setting of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," modeled on his hometown of Fresno during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ithaca, California Target entity description: Ithaca, California is the fictional small-town setting of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," modeled on his hometown of Fresno during World War II.
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A.
Albany, California
Albany, California is a small coastal city in Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its residential character, waterfront parks, and proximity to Berkeley.
-
B.
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County known for hosting major aerospace and technology companies, including SpaceX’s headquarters.
-
C.
Colfax, California
Colfax, California is a small historic Gold Rush–era town in Placer County known as a former railroad hub in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
-
D.
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg, California is an industrial and residential city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its waterfront location on the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and its long history tied to manufacturing and shipping.
-
E.
Pomona, California
Pomona, California is a city in eastern Los Angeles County known for its diverse community, historic downtown, and role as a regional center for education and culture in the Pomona Valley.
- 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_69b3451886588190a3dd1305ea7c58dc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b350d2af088190ad7cb035d6e0f8c2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5c756809c8190af90c91ec7883e55 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5c804f3f881908dd2d020d07c4859 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5c84e48b8819080571f995d8baf13 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.