Triple

T5008125
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian McEwan E112546 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Black Dogs
"Black Dogs" is a 1992 novel by Ian McEwan that explores the aftermath of World War II and the clash between rationalism and spiritual belief through the story of a troubled marriage.
E487088 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: Black Dogs | Statement: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, Black Dogs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Dogs
Context triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, Black Dogs]
  • A. Mad Dogs
    Mad Dogs is a British dark comedy-drama television series about a group of middle-aged friends whose holiday in Spain spirals into crime and chaos.
  • B. White Dog
    White Dog is a crime novel in the Jack Irish series by Australian author Peter Temple, featuring the Melbourne lawyer and debt-collector embroiled in a complex investigation.
  • C. For All the Dogs
    For All the Dogs is a studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake that continues his blend of introspective lyrics and contemporary hip-hop/R&B production.
  • D. Big Dog
    Big Dog is the nickname of Tony Pérez, the Hall of Fame Cuban-American first baseman best known as a key run producer for the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s.
  • E. What the Dog Saw
    What the Dog Saw is a collection of Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker essays that explores surprising insights into human behavior, decision-making, and everyday phenomena.
  • 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: Black Dogs
Triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, Black Dogs]
Generated description
"Black Dogs" is a 1992 novel by Ian McEwan that explores the aftermath of World War II and the clash between rationalism and spiritual belief through the story of a troubled marriage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Dogs
Target entity description: "Black Dogs" is a 1992 novel by Ian McEwan that explores the aftermath of World War II and the clash between rationalism and spiritual belief through the story of a troubled marriage.
  • A. Mad Dogs
    Mad Dogs is a British dark comedy-drama television series about a group of middle-aged friends whose holiday in Spain spirals into crime and chaos.
  • B. White Dog
    White Dog is a crime novel in the Jack Irish series by Australian author Peter Temple, featuring the Melbourne lawyer and debt-collector embroiled in a complex investigation.
  • C. For All the Dogs
    For All the Dogs is a studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake that continues his blend of introspective lyrics and contemporary hip-hop/R&B production.
  • D. Big Dog
    Big Dog is the nickname of Tony Pérez, the Hall of Fame Cuban-American first baseman best known as a key run producer for the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s.
  • E. What the Dog Saw
    What the Dog Saw is a collection of Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker essays that explores surprising insights into human behavior, decision-making, and everyday phenomena.
  • 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.