Triple

T6945907
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Doris Lessing E160797 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Shikasta
Shikasta is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing that inaugurates her Canopus in Argos series, blending cosmic history with political and spiritual allegory.
 E631923 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: Shikasta | Statement: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, Shikasta]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shikasta
Context triple: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, Shikasta]
  • A. Kulisusu
    Kulisusu is a town and administrative center located in the province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  • B. Kakushōkaku
    Kakushōkaku is a historic Japanese-style residence located within Yokohama’s Sankeien Garden, known for its traditional architecture and scenic views over the landscaped grounds.
  • C. Okutama
    Okutama is a mountainous town in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas at the headwaters of the Tama River.
  • D. Zezuru
    Zezuru is a major dialect of the Shona language spoken primarily in central and northern Zimbabwe.
  • E. Matigari
    Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
  • 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: Shikasta
Triple: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, Shikasta]
Generated description
Shikasta is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing that inaugurates her Canopus in Argos series, blending cosmic history with political and spiritual allegory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shikasta
Target entity description: Shikasta is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing that inaugurates her Canopus in Argos series, blending cosmic history with political and spiritual allegory.
  • A. Kulisusu
    Kulisusu is a town and administrative center located in the province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  • B. Kakushōkaku
    Kakushōkaku is a historic Japanese-style residence located within Yokohama’s Sankeien Garden, known for its traditional architecture and scenic views over the landscaped grounds.
  • C. Okutama
    Okutama is a mountainous town in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas at the headwaters of the Tama River.
  • D. Zezuru
    Zezuru is a major dialect of the Shona language spoken primarily in central and northern Zimbabwe.
  • E. Matigari
    Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
  • 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_69c68850419081909fb426b8f5a304c7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6da8a65c48190b6862fc60f6c7f7a completed March 27, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7586b6f0c8190a6caad7d020e9c4d completed March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c75a417b7481908846a53712ea2323 completed March 28, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75abf8de881908e1ae0a46da795bc completed March 28, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:28 p.m.