Triple

T7244037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Life of Friedrich Schiller E156427 entity
Predicate relatedWork P37 FINISHED
Object The Life of John Sterling
The Life of John Sterling is a biographical work by Thomas Carlyle that chronicles the life, character, and intellectual development of the English writer and clergyman John Sterling.
E651730 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 Life of John Sterling | Statement: [Life of Friedrich Schiller, relatedWork, The Life of John Sterling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life of John Sterling
Context triple: [Life of Friedrich Schiller, relatedWork, The Life of John Sterling]
  • A. The Autograph Man
    The Autograph Man is a novel by Zadie Smith that satirically explores celebrity culture, identity, and obsession through the life of a professional autograph collector in contemporary London.
  • B. Of the Coming of John
    "Of the Coming of John" is a poignant short story chapter in W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk that explores the tragic consequences of racism through the parallel lives of a Black and a white John in the post-Reconstruction South.
  • C. The Biographer’s Tale
    The Biographer’s Tale is a metafictional novel by A. S. Byatt that follows a disillusioned academic who abandons literary theory to investigate the elusive life of a Victorian biographer, blurring the boundaries between biography, history, and storytelling.
  • D. Manager of the Century
    Manager of the Century is an honorary title famously bestowed on former General Electric CEO Jack Welch in recognition of his influential leadership and impact on modern corporate management.
  • E. The Incredible Charlie Carewe
    The Incredible Charlie Carewe is a novel by American actress and author Mary Astor, showcasing her literary talent beyond her celebrated film career.
  • 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 Life of John Sterling
Triple: [Life of Friedrich Schiller, relatedWork, The Life of John Sterling]
Generated description
The Life of John Sterling is a biographical work by Thomas Carlyle that chronicles the life, character, and intellectual development of the English writer and clergyman John Sterling.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life of John Sterling
Target entity description: The Life of John Sterling is a biographical work by Thomas Carlyle that chronicles the life, character, and intellectual development of the English writer and clergyman John Sterling.
  • A. The Autograph Man
    The Autograph Man is a novel by Zadie Smith that satirically explores celebrity culture, identity, and obsession through the life of a professional autograph collector in contemporary London.
  • B. Of the Coming of John
    "Of the Coming of John" is a poignant short story chapter in W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk that explores the tragic consequences of racism through the parallel lives of a Black and a white John in the post-Reconstruction South.
  • C. The Biographer’s Tale
    The Biographer’s Tale is a metafictional novel by A. S. Byatt that follows a disillusioned academic who abandons literary theory to investigate the elusive life of a Victorian biographer, blurring the boundaries between biography, history, and storytelling.
  • D. Manager of the Century
    Manager of the Century is an honorary title famously bestowed on former General Electric CEO Jack Welch in recognition of his influential leadership and impact on modern corporate management.
  • E. The Incredible Charlie Carewe
    The Incredible Charlie Carewe is a novel by American actress and author Mary Astor, showcasing her literary talent beyond her celebrated film career.
  • 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_69c68827b5e481908dc05e145b2c92d4 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ea58533481909af7a4a6ade40eff completed March 27, 2026, 8:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7d3930f588190a724279dae286d5c completed March 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7d4690adc81909abbfb7a756f453d completed March 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7d5137efc81908745cca73b112f0c completed March 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:56 p.m.