Triple
T5182899
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Skimbleshanks |
E116961
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedAs |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Railway Cat
The Railway Cat is the nickname of Skimbleshanks, a diligent and orderly railway-working cat from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats" and the musical "Cats."
|
E500701
|
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 Railway Cat | Statement: [Skimbleshanks, describedAs, The Railway Cat]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Railway Cat Context triple: [Skimbleshanks, describedAs, The Railway Cat]
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A.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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B.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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C.
The Good Luck Cat
The Good Luck Cat is a children's picture book by poet Joy Harjo that tells the story of a beloved cat whose many brushes with danger explore themes of luck, love, and Native American family life.
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D.
The Cat That Walked by Himself
The Cat That Walked by Himself is a Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains how the once-wild cat came to live with humans while preserving his independence.
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E.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is a 1985 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, metafiction, and his interconnected "Future History" universe through the story of a writer drawn into a complex space-time conspiracy.
- 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 Railway Cat Triple: [Skimbleshanks, describedAs, The Railway Cat]
Generated description
The Railway Cat is the nickname of Skimbleshanks, a diligent and orderly railway-working cat from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats" and the musical "Cats."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Railway Cat Target entity description: The Railway Cat is the nickname of Skimbleshanks, a diligent and orderly railway-working cat from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats" and the musical "Cats."
-
A.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
-
B.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
-
C.
The Good Luck Cat
The Good Luck Cat is a children's picture book by poet Joy Harjo that tells the story of a beloved cat whose many brushes with danger explore themes of luck, love, and Native American family life.
-
D.
The Cat That Walked by Himself
The Cat That Walked by Himself is a Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains how the once-wild cat came to live with humans while preserving his independence.
-
E.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is a 1985 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, metafiction, and his interconnected "Future History" universe through the story of a writer drawn into a complex space-time conspiracy.
- 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_69bd446140f08190becb93c61158f27f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd799d50388190bf2b7dfdd90949e9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bee0815d848190bacd5ec6a778d91e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bee58e4c748190bc216bd68c70e863 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bee631b5e081908da0d0ffed1ff6b3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:46 p.m.