Triple
T5559891
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Makepeace Thackeray |
E145738
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Virginians
The Virginians is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that follows the lives of two Virginian brothers during the era of the American Revolution and its ties to British society.
|
E532306
|
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 Virginians | Statement: [William Makepeace Thackeray, notableWork, The Virginians]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Virginians Context triple: [William Makepeace Thackeray, notableWork, The Virginians]
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A.
The Lees of Old Virginia
"The Lees of Old Virginia" is a lively, character-establishing song from the Broadway musical *1776* that humorously introduces Richard Henry Lee and his proud Virginia lineage.
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B.
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 historical drama film set during the American Revolutionary period, following the life and political awakening of a backwoods Virginian who becomes involved in the fight for independence.
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C.
A Map of Virginia
A Map of Virginia is an early 17th-century cartographic work by John Smith that provided one of the first detailed English maps and descriptions of the Virginia colony and its Indigenous peoples.
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D.
The Valley of the Shadow
"The Valley of the Shadow" is a notable poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects his characteristic meditations on mortality, spiritual struggle, and the human condition.
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E.
A Letter from the South
"A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
- 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 Virginians Triple: [William Makepeace Thackeray, notableWork, The Virginians]
Generated description
The Virginians is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that follows the lives of two Virginian brothers during the era of the American Revolution and its ties to British society.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Virginians Target entity description: The Virginians is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that follows the lives of two Virginian brothers during the era of the American Revolution and its ties to British society.
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A.
The Lees of Old Virginia
"The Lees of Old Virginia" is a lively, character-establishing song from the Broadway musical *1776* that humorously introduces Richard Henry Lee and his proud Virginia lineage.
-
B.
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 historical drama film set during the American Revolutionary period, following the life and political awakening of a backwoods Virginian who becomes involved in the fight for independence.
-
C.
A Map of Virginia
A Map of Virginia is an early 17th-century cartographic work by John Smith that provided one of the first detailed English maps and descriptions of the Virginia colony and its Indigenous peoples.
-
D.
The Valley of the Shadow
"The Valley of the Shadow" is a notable poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects his characteristic meditations on mortality, spiritual struggle, and the human condition.
-
E.
A Letter from the South
"A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
- 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_69c008fcaf788190bafa02a1917ee73b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020167afc8190b0c518907cd0d99b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c028424ddc8190869b530a8eb43f50 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0349f64c0819083b39d8b7960a393 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0354e95808190b4386e2796291dba |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:36 p.m.