Triple

T4666600
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shannara series E102860 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object The Darkling Child
The Darkling Child is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, continuing the Defenders of Shannara storyline.
E461154 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 Darkling Child | Statement: [Shannara series, hasPart, The Darkling Child]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Darkling Child
Context triple: [Shannara series, hasPart, The Darkling Child]
  • A. The Tree of Crows
    The Tree of Crows is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich, depicting a stark, gnarled tree silhouetted against a dramatic sky to evoke themes of melancholy and mortality.
  • B. The Black Sleep
    The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
  • C. The Witchwood
    The Witchwood is a spooky, Worgen-themed Hearthstone expansion set in the haunted forests of Gilneas, introducing new cards and mechanics focused on eerie, supernatural gameplay.
  • D. Wintersong
    "Wintersong" is a 2006 holiday-themed studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, featuring a mix of Christmas standards and original material.
  • E. Nightfall
    "Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
  • 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 Darkling Child
Triple: [Shannara series, hasPart, The Darkling Child]
Generated description
The Darkling Child is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, continuing the Defenders of Shannara storyline.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Darkling Child
Target entity description: The Darkling Child is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, continuing the Defenders of Shannara storyline.
  • A. The Tree of Crows
    The Tree of Crows is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich, depicting a stark, gnarled tree silhouetted against a dramatic sky to evoke themes of melancholy and mortality.
  • B. The Black Sleep
    The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
  • C. The Witchwood
    The Witchwood is a spooky, Worgen-themed Hearthstone expansion set in the haunted forests of Gilneas, introducing new cards and mechanics focused on eerie, supernatural gameplay.
  • D. Wintersong
    "Wintersong" is a 2006 holiday-themed studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, featuring a mix of Christmas standards and original material.
  • E. Nightfall
    "Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
  • 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd633d87788190a3c8946ed6995062 completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be038912488190a109d4ce624b813d completed March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be05941ca08190b073c078dfb25429 completed March 21, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be05fb27788190bdbaba05fc0798e7 completed March 21, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.