Triple

T4861228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McClelland and Stewart E108663 entity
Predicate notableAuthorPublished P7039 FINISHED
Object Irving Layton
Irving Layton was a Canadian poet known for his provocative, passionate verse and significant influence on 20th-century Canadian literature.
E474435 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: Irving Layton | Statement: [McClelland and Stewart, notableAuthorPublished, Irving Layton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Layton
Context triple: [McClelland and Stewart, notableAuthorPublished, Irving Layton]
  • A. Vachel Lindsay
    Vachel Lindsay was an influential American poet known for his rhythmic, chant-like verse and performances that helped pioneer modern spoken-word poetry in the early 20th century.
  • B. Delmore Schwartz
    Delmore Schwartz was a 20th-century American poet, short story writer, and literary critic whose introspective, modernist works made him a significant figure in Jewish American literature.
  • C. Milton Carruth
    Milton Carruth was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions from the 1930s through the 1950s.
  • D. Al Purdy
    Al Purdy was a prominent Canadian poet celebrated for his colloquial style and vivid portrayals of Canadian landscapes and identity.
  • E. Floyd Dell
    Floyd Dell was an American writer, critic, and prominent figure in early 20th-century literary radicalism and bohemian culture.
  • 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: Irving Layton
Triple: [McClelland and Stewart, notableAuthorPublished, Irving Layton]
Generated description
Irving Layton was a Canadian poet known for his provocative, passionate verse and significant influence on 20th-century Canadian literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Layton
Target entity description: Irving Layton was a Canadian poet known for his provocative, passionate verse and significant influence on 20th-century Canadian literature.
  • A. Vachel Lindsay
    Vachel Lindsay was an influential American poet known for his rhythmic, chant-like verse and performances that helped pioneer modern spoken-word poetry in the early 20th century.
  • B. Delmore Schwartz
    Delmore Schwartz was a 20th-century American poet, short story writer, and literary critic whose introspective, modernist works made him a significant figure in Jewish American literature.
  • C. Milton Carruth
    Milton Carruth was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions from the 1930s through the 1950s.
  • D. Al Purdy
    Al Purdy was a prominent Canadian poet celebrated for his colloquial style and vivid portrayals of Canadian landscapes and identity.
  • E. Floyd Dell
    Floyd Dell was an American writer, critic, and prominent figure in early 20th-century literary radicalism and bohemian culture.
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d5e247c8190b6ae4e9b529f0345 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cf921cc8190a092bb69c1981890 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5e833ca88190b89dda5cafb180fe completed March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5eed97a08190afd99a0700f1f4c7 completed March 21, 2026, 9:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.