Triple

T7139341
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jack Sheppard E166400 entity
Predicate inspiredWork P1994 FINISHED
Object Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)
"Jack Sheppard" is an 1839 historical crime novel by William Harrison Ainsworth that sensationalizes the life and exploits of the real 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard.
 E644663 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth) | Statement: [Jack Sheppard, inspiredWork, Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Context triple: [Jack Sheppard, inspiredWork, Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)]
  • A. Jack Sheppard
    Jack Sheppard was a notorious early 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker whose daring escapes made him a legendary folk hero.
  • B. Jack Maggs
    Jack Maggs is a historical novel by Peter Carey that reimagines and subverts the story of Dickens’s "Great Expectations" from the perspective of the convict benefactor.
  • C. Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
    Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a 1794 novel by William Godwin that combines political critique with a suspenseful narrative about persecution, power, and social injustice in late 18th-century England.
  • D. The Newgate Calendar
    The Newgate Calendar is an 18th–19th century collection of crime reports and biographies of notorious criminals in England, widely known for its sensational and moralizing accounts of executions and offenses.
  • E. Ripper Street
    Ripper Street is a British period crime drama television series set in Victorian-era London’s Whitechapel district in the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Target entity description: "Jack Sheppard" is an 1839 historical crime novel by William Harrison Ainsworth that sensationalizes the life and exploits of the real 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard.
  • A. Jack Sheppard
    Jack Sheppard was a notorious early 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker whose daring escapes made him a legendary folk hero.
  • B. Jack Maggs
    Jack Maggs is a historical novel by Peter Carey that reimagines and subverts the story of Dickens’s "Great Expectations" from the perspective of the convict benefactor.
  • C. Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
    Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a 1794 novel by William Godwin that combines political critique with a suspenseful narrative about persecution, power, and social injustice in late 18th-century England.
  • D. The Newgate Calendar
    The Newgate Calendar is an 18th–19th century collection of crime reports and biographies of notorious criminals in England, widely known for its sensational and moralizing accounts of executions and offenses.
  • E. Ripper Street
    Ripper Street is a British period crime drama television series set in Victorian-era London’s Whitechapel district in the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Triple: [Jack Sheppard, inspiredWork, Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)]
Generated description
"Jack Sheppard" is an 1839 historical crime novel by William Harrison Ainsworth that sensationalizes the life and exploits of the real 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c6888579d481909e05a8d6b81bf733 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6e7759a048190815689298befa8d7 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7a34b99048190a8e77cd0fe253611 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7a4f074708190a5ce0a863ffd4f25 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7a45e81bc8190bf4c47e3bb5fe077 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:45 p.m.