Triple
T4545519
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canadian literature canon |
E110036
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Earle Birney
Earle Birney was a prominent Canadian poet and novelist whose innovative verse and influential teaching helped shape modern Canadian literature.
|
E452496
|
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: Earle Birney | Statement: [Canadian literature canon, associatedWith, Earle Birney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earle Birney Context triple: [Canadian literature canon, associatedWith, Earle Birney]
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A.
Al Purdy
Al Purdy was a prominent Canadian poet celebrated for his colloquial style and vivid portrayals of Canadian landscapes and identity.
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B.
A. D. Lindsay
A. D. Lindsay was a prominent British philosopher and academic who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and was known for his work on political philosophy and Plato.
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C.
Murray Kinnell
Murray Kinnell was an English-born character actor active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Alistair MacLeod
Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
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E.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
- 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: Earle Birney Triple: [Canadian literature canon, associatedWith, Earle Birney]
Generated description
Earle Birney was a prominent Canadian poet and novelist whose innovative verse and influential teaching helped shape modern Canadian literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earle Birney Target entity description: Earle Birney was a prominent Canadian poet and novelist whose innovative verse and influential teaching helped shape modern Canadian literature.
-
A.
Al Purdy
Al Purdy was a prominent Canadian poet celebrated for his colloquial style and vivid portrayals of Canadian landscapes and identity.
-
B.
A. D. Lindsay
A. D. Lindsay was a prominent British philosopher and academic who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and was known for his work on political philosophy and Plato.
-
C.
Murray Kinnell
Murray Kinnell was an English-born character actor active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
-
D.
Alistair MacLeod
Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
-
E.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
- 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_69bd4412524c8190be5bcc9ddee91848 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd57d62a8481909d5d803a582c76a1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdc564452c819080beada43c9ba7b1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdc8c63b10819080f30db477b8e6ff |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdc915b2408190adb27cfb685501a6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.