Triple

T6391368
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lincoln Steffens E143834 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shame of the Cities
The Shame of the Cities is a landmark 1904 muckraking book that exposed widespread political corruption in major American urban governments during the Progressive Era.
E591247 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 Shame of the Cities | Statement: [Lincoln Steffens, notableWork, The Shame of the Cities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shame of the Cities
Context triple: [Lincoln Steffens, notableWork, The Shame of the Cities]
  • A. Curse of the Starving Class
    Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
  • B. The City
    The City is a common nickname for Manhattan, the densely populated and iconic borough of New York City known for its skyscrapers, cultural landmarks, and role as a global financial and media hub.
  • C. The City
    The City is a 1919–1920 Cubist painting by Fernand Léger that depicts the dynamism and fragmentation of modern urban life through bold colors and geometric forms.
  • D. The City
    The City is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores themes of revenge and the lingering consequences of war through the perspective of a sentient, vengeful metropolis.
  • E. The City
    "The City" is an atmospheric, synthesizer-driven track by Vangelis that showcases his signature cinematic and electronic sound.
  • 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 Shame of the Cities
Triple: [Lincoln Steffens, notableWork, The Shame of the Cities]
Generated description
The Shame of the Cities is a landmark 1904 muckraking book that exposed widespread political corruption in major American urban governments during the Progressive Era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shame of the Cities
Target entity description: The Shame of the Cities is a landmark 1904 muckraking book that exposed widespread political corruption in major American urban governments during the Progressive Era.
  • A. Curse of the Starving Class
    Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic, psychologically intense stage play by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of a dysfunctional American family struggling with poverty, identity, and the elusive promise of the American Dream.
  • B. The City
    The City is a common nickname for Manhattan, the densely populated and iconic borough of New York City known for its skyscrapers, cultural landmarks, and role as a global financial and media hub.
  • C. The City
    "The City" is an atmospheric, synthesizer-driven track by Vangelis that showcases his signature cinematic and electronic sound.
  • D. The City
    The City is a 1919–1920 Cubist painting by Fernand Léger that depicts the dynamism and fragmentation of modern urban life through bold colors and geometric forms.
  • E. The City
    The City was a short-lived late-1960s folk-rock trio featuring Carole King that blended pop, rock, and soul influences and is often remembered as an early showcase of her songwriting and performing talents.
  • 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_69c008db906c819096f3597d55d95432 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0687c7fdc819099cbbb937dec215e completed March 22, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6388b02888190989623c658469a5a completed March 27, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c63c71ac188190ad7912d2e6a68af8 completed March 27, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c63cdf225c8190b26a23496d0acc1a completed March 27, 2026, 8:16 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.