Triple
T4545523
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canadian literature canon |
E110036
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sinclair Ross
Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie novel "As For Me and My House," a cornerstone of mid-20th-century Canadian literature.
|
E453653
|
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: Sinclair Ross | Statement: [Canadian literature canon, associatedWith, Sinclair Ross]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Ross Context triple: [Canadian literature canon, associatedWith, Sinclair Ross]
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A.
Hugh MacLennan
Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
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B.
Margaret Laurence
Margaret Laurence was a prominent Canadian novelist and short story writer whose works, including "The Stone Angel" and "The Diviners," are central to the development of modern Canadian literature.
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C.
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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D.
Naomi Mitchison
Naomi Mitchison was a prolific 20th-century Scottish novelist, poet, and social activist known for her historical and speculative fiction as well as her engagement in feminist and socialist causes.
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E.
Reeves McCullers
Reeves McCullers was the husband of American novelist Carson McCullers and a key figure in her tumultuous personal life.
- 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: Sinclair Ross Triple: [Canadian literature canon, associatedWith, Sinclair Ross]
Generated description
Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie novel "As For Me and My House," a cornerstone of mid-20th-century Canadian literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Ross Target entity description: Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie novel "As For Me and My House," a cornerstone of mid-20th-century Canadian literature.
-
A.
Hugh MacLennan
Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
-
B.
Margaret Laurence
Margaret Laurence was a prominent Canadian novelist and short story writer whose works, including "The Stone Angel" and "The Diviners," are central to the development of modern Canadian literature.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Naomi Mitchison
Naomi Mitchison was a prolific 20th-century Scottish novelist, poet, and social activist known for her historical and speculative fiction as well as her engagement in feminist and socialist causes.
-
E.
Reeves McCullers
Reeves McCullers was the husband of American novelist Carson McCullers and a key figure in her tumultuous personal life.
- 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_69bdd3968b4c819082314a0dd9fb4202 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdd53c2ddc8190b73a31f9bb74be3e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdd563a7fc8190a7091add8ef0e717 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.