Triple

T5916110
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hours in a Library E131583 entity
Predicate notableEssaySubject P4941 FINISHED
Object Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson was an 18th-century English novelist best known for pioneering the epistolary novel with works such as "Pamela" and "Clarissa."
E557398 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Samuel Richardson | Statement: [Hours in a Library, notableEssaySubject, Samuel Richardson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Richardson
Context triple: [Hours in a Library, notableEssaySubject, Samuel Richardson]
  • A. Aphra Behn
    Aphra Behn was a pioneering 17th-century English playwright, poet, and novelist, often regarded as one of the first professional female writers in English literature.
  • B. Sosthenes Behn
    Sosthenes Behn was an American businessman and telecommunications pioneer best known for building a global phone empire and co-founding ITT Corporation.
  • C. Clara Reeve
    Clara Reeve was an 18th-century English novelist best known for her Gothic novel "The Old English Baron," which helped shape the early Gothic fiction tradition.
  • D. Charlotte Smith
    Charlotte Smith was the mother of Irish nationalist leader William Smith O'Brien, a prominent figure in the 19th-century Young Ireland movement.
  • E. Charlotte Smith
    Charlotte Smith was an influential late-18th-century English poet and novelist whose emotionally charged sonnets helped shape early Romanticism.
  • 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: Samuel Richardson
Triple: [Hours in a Library, notableEssaySubject, Samuel Richardson]
Generated description
Samuel Richardson was an 18th-century English novelist best known for pioneering the epistolary novel with works such as "Pamela" and "Clarissa."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Richardson
Target entity description: Samuel Richardson was an 18th-century English novelist best known for pioneering the epistolary novel with works such as "Pamela" and "Clarissa."
  • A. Aphra Behn
    Aphra Behn was a pioneering 17th-century English playwright, poet, and novelist, often regarded as one of the first professional female writers in English literature.
  • B. Sosthenes Behn
    Sosthenes Behn was an American businessman and telecommunications pioneer best known for building a global phone empire and co-founding ITT Corporation.
  • C. Clara Reeve
    Clara Reeve was an 18th-century English novelist best known for her Gothic novel "The Old English Baron," which helped shape the early Gothic fiction tradition.
  • D. Charlotte Smith
    Charlotte Smith was the mother of Irish nationalist leader William Smith O'Brien, a prominent figure in the 19th-century Young Ireland movement.
  • E. Charlotte Smith
    Charlotte Smith was an influential late-18th-century English poet and novelist whose emotionally charged sonnets helped shape early Romanticism.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableEssaySubject
Context triple: [Hours in a Library, notableEssaySubject, Samuel Richardson]
  • A. notableEssay
    Indicates that an entity is the author or creator of an essay that is particularly significant, influential, or well-known.
  • B. hasNotableSubject
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a subject that is particularly significant, prominent, or noteworthy in relation to it.
  • C. subjectNotableFor
    Indicates that the subject is especially recognized or distinguished for a particular attribute, achievement, role, or characteristic.
  • D. notableWorkSubject chosen
    Indicates that a work is notably associated with a particular subject, such as a person, topic, or entity, as its primary focus or theme.
  • E. explorationSubject
    Indicates that an entity is the focus or target of an exploration, investigation, or exploratory activity carried out by another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c0085a1ed08190a7e9a8b6323fd680 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c048fc112c8190b905bf561c9de096 completed March 22, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c02c24cc8190a98d24f7445f59b7 completed March 23, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c19665b08190ab3c66b7c6c33f61 completed March 23, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c4576824819080ced71df8fdda6c completed March 23, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c03352208c8190968efed05a9fd416 completed March 22, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.