Triple

T6184167
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The World, the Flesh and the Devil E138014 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object M. P. Shiel
M. P. Shiel was a British writer of decadent and early science fiction literature, best known for his imaginative and apocalyptic novels and short stories.
 E574264 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: M. P. Shiel | Statement: [The World, the Flesh and the Devil, authorOfSourceWork, M. P. Shiel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M. P. Shiel
Context triple: [The World, the Flesh and the Devil, authorOfSourceWork, M. P. Shiel]
  • A. Alfred Steele
    Alfred Steele was an American business executive best known as the CEO of Pepsi-Cola and the fourth husband of actress Joan Crawford.
  • B. Charles Reade
    Charles Reade was a 19th-century English novelist and dramatist best known for works such as "The Cloister and the Hearth."
  • C. Fitz-James O’Brien
    Fitz-James O’Brien was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer best known for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural short stories.
  • D. Neil M. Gunn
    Neil M. Gunn was a prominent 20th-century Scottish novelist and critic whose works often explored Highland life, national identity, and the impact of social change on rural communities.
  • E. Walter Connolly
    Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
  • 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: M. P. Shiel
Triple: [The World, the Flesh and the Devil, authorOfSourceWork, M. P. Shiel]
Generated description
M. P. Shiel was a British writer of decadent and early science fiction literature, best known for his imaginative and apocalyptic novels and short stories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M. P. Shiel
Target entity description: M. P. Shiel was a British writer of decadent and early science fiction literature, best known for his imaginative and apocalyptic novels and short stories.
  • A. Alfred Steele
    Alfred Steele was an American business executive best known as the CEO of Pepsi-Cola and the fourth husband of actress Joan Crawford.
  • B. Charles Reade
    Charles Reade was a 19th-century English novelist and dramatist best known for works such as "The Cloister and the Hearth."
  • C. Fitz-James O’Brien
    Fitz-James O’Brien was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer best known for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural short stories.
  • D. Neil M. Gunn
    Neil M. Gunn was a prominent 20th-century Scottish novelist and critic whose works often explored Highland life, national identity, and the impact of social change on rural communities.
  • E. Walter Connolly
    Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
  • 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_69c008a8fd408190b7ec6e42934974a6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c061020d148190ae2edf2b363f1e24 completed March 22, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c141c6b5888190983bff620c7663cc completed March 23, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1472997d081909266b0e64fdbfe96 completed March 23, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c147b5214c819082c20480965842be completed March 23, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:19 p.m.