Triple
T5008124
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ian McEwan |
E112546
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers is a dark, psychologically intense novel by Ian McEwan that explores themes of obsession, control, and violence through a disturbing encounter between a vacationing couple and a mysterious local couple in an unnamed city.
|
E487087
|
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 Comfort of Strangers | Statement: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, The Comfort of Strangers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Comfort of Strangers Context triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, The Comfort of Strangers]
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A.
Never Talk to Strangers
Never Talk to Strangers is a 1995 psychological thriller film about a criminal psychologist who becomes entangled in a dangerous and obsessive relationship with a mysterious stranger.
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B.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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C.
Tideland
Tideland is a dark fantasy drama film known for its surreal, disturbing portrayal of a young girl's imagination as she copes with isolation and trauma in a desolate rural setting.
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D.
The Strangers
The Strangers were the longtime backing band for country music legend Merle Haggard, known for helping define the Bakersfield sound with their tight, twangy arrangements.
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E.
The Strangers
The Strangers is a 2008 horror film about a couple terrorized in their remote vacation home by three masked intruders.
- 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 Comfort of Strangers Triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, The Comfort of Strangers]
Generated description
The Comfort of Strangers is a dark, psychologically intense novel by Ian McEwan that explores themes of obsession, control, and violence through a disturbing encounter between a vacationing couple and a mysterious local couple in an unnamed city.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Comfort of Strangers Target entity description: The Comfort of Strangers is a dark, psychologically intense novel by Ian McEwan that explores themes of obsession, control, and violence through a disturbing encounter between a vacationing couple and a mysterious local couple in an unnamed city.
-
A.
Never Talk to Strangers
Never Talk to Strangers is a 1995 psychological thriller film about a criminal psychologist who becomes entangled in a dangerous and obsessive relationship with a mysterious stranger.
-
B.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
-
C.
Tideland
Tideland is a dark fantasy drama film known for its surreal, disturbing portrayal of a young girl's imagination as she copes with isolation and trauma in a desolate rural setting.
-
D.
The Strangers
The Strangers were the longtime backing band for country music legend Merle Haggard, known for helping define the Bakersfield sound with their tight, twangy arrangements.
-
E.
The Strangers
The Strangers is a 2008 horror film about a couple terrorized in their remote vacation home by three masked intruders.
- 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_69bd4433d0b08190877e83959ef40d81 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd72eb05f881908d7dc3d7cd07b2ae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be9266314881909dfb710c5b5c8f65 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be93cfbe2881908cf97dd9ec5d28b5 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be9448b5148190903775d394a095f0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.