Triple
T5109888
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hamlet |
E115188
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entity |
| Predicate | notableQuotation |
P492
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FINISHED |
| Object |
To be, or not to be: that is the question
"To be, or not to be: that is the question" is the opening line of Prince Hamlet’s famous existential soliloquy in Shakespeare’s tragedy, reflecting on life, death, and the nature of suffering.
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E115188
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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: To be, or not to be: that is the question | Statement: [Hamlet, notableQuotation, To be, or not to be: that is the question]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: To be, or not to be: that is the question Context triple: [Hamlet, notableQuotation, To be, or not to be: that is the question]
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A.
To Be or Not to Be
"To Be or Not to Be" is a 1942 satirical comedy film about a Polish theater troupe outwitting the Nazis, regarded as one of Ernst Lubitsch’s greatest works.
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B.
The play’s the thing
"The play’s the thing" is a famous line from William Shakespeare’s tragedy *Hamlet*, in which the prince declares his plan to use a staged performance to expose King Claudius’s guilt.
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C.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a renowned Shakespearean line expressing the idea that the intrinsic nature of something is unaffected by what it is called.
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D.
The Hamlet
The Hamlet is a 1940 novel by William Faulkner that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, exploring themes of greed, social change, and rural life in the American South.
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E.
Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.
- 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: To be, or not to be: that is the question Triple: [Hamlet, notableQuotation, To be, or not to be: that is the question]
Generated description
"To be, or not to be: that is the question" is the opening line of Prince Hamlet’s famous existential soliloquy in Shakespeare’s tragedy, reflecting on life, death, and the nature of suffering.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: To be, or not to be: that is the question Target entity description: "To be, or not to be: that is the question" is the opening line of Prince Hamlet’s famous existential soliloquy in Shakespeare’s tragedy, reflecting on life, death, and the nature of suffering.
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A.
To Be or Not to Be
"To Be or Not to Be" is a 1942 satirical comedy film about a Polish theater troupe outwitting the Nazis, regarded as one of Ernst Lubitsch’s greatest works.
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B.
The play’s the thing
"The play’s the thing" is a famous line from William Shakespeare’s tragedy *Hamlet*, in which the prince declares his plan to use a staged performance to expose King Claudius’s guilt.
-
C.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a renowned Shakespearean line expressing the idea that the intrinsic nature of something is unaffected by what it is called.
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D.
The Hamlet
The Hamlet is a 1940 novel by William Faulkner that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, exploring themes of greed, social change, and rural life in the American South.
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E.
Hamlet
chosen
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd4441d1648190a54a533895041987 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd75ac19e88190aa8cc8b930a58d2d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bec372e308819082fefe9e2b58370d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bec506d5b88190bcf6e7cb5f602c2f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bec5ae111c8190914e93dc1680d36e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m.