Triple

T5109890
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hamlet E115188 entity
Predicate notableQuotation P492 FINISHED
Object 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.
E494607 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 play’s the thing | Statement: [Hamlet, notableQuotation, The play’s the thing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The play’s the thing
Context triple: [Hamlet, notableQuotation, The play’s the thing]
  • A. The Play
    The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Til the Casket Drops
    Til the Casket Drops is the third and final studio album by hip-hop duo Clipse, known for its gritty lyricism and Neptunes-heavy production.
  • D. Dramatis Personae
    Dramatis Personae is a collection of dramatic monologue poems by Robert Browning that helped solidify his reputation as a major Victorian poet.
  • E. The Nurse
    The Nurse is a minor supporting character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," serving in a medical capacity during key dramatic moments.
  • 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 play’s the thing
Triple: [Hamlet, notableQuotation, The play’s the thing]
Generated description
"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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The play’s the thing
Target entity description: "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.
  • A. The Play
    The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Til the Casket Drops
    Til the Casket Drops is the third and final studio album by hip-hop duo Clipse, known for its gritty lyricism and Neptunes-heavy production.
  • D. Dramatis Personae
    Dramatis Personae is a collection of dramatic monologue poems by Robert Browning that helped solidify his reputation as a major Victorian poet.
  • E. The Nurse
    The Nurse is a minor supporting character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," serving in a medical capacity during key dramatic moments.
  • 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_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_69bebaa322d08190911dd2ca91405c3c completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebbe7e8e081909814e97001f8cf89 completed March 21, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebd33f25c8190a5d9b78ef71847e3 completed March 21, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m.