Triple
T7390287
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Susan Sontag |
E170479
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Illness as Metaphor
Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 critical essay by Susan Sontag that examines how metaphorical language surrounding diseases like cancer and tuberculosis shapes cultural attitudes and stigmatizes the ill.
|
E662540
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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: Illness as Metaphor | Statement: [Susan Sontag, notableWork, Illness as Metaphor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illness as Metaphor Context triple: [Susan Sontag, notableWork, Illness as Metaphor]
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A.
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath is a posthumously published volume that gathers the complete poetic works of the American poet Sylvia Plath, showcasing her development from early writings to her most famous and final poems.
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B.
Life Is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995
Life Is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995 is a poetry collection by Native American writer and scholar Paula Gunn Allen that spans over three decades of her work, exploring themes of identity, spirituality, and Indigenous experience.
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C.
I Sing the Body Electric
"I Sing the Body Electric" is a celebrated free-verse poem by Walt Whitman that exalts the human body and soul as sacred, democratic, and inseparable aspects of the self.
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D.
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays by Alice Walker that explores Black women's creativity, history, and resilience through literary criticism, biography, and personal reflection.
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E.
Milk and Honey
Milk and Honey is a 1961 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, centered on romance and new beginnings among American tourists in the newly founded state of Israel.
- 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: Illness as Metaphor Triple: [Susan Sontag, notableWork, Illness as Metaphor]
Generated description
Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 critical essay by Susan Sontag that examines how metaphorical language surrounding diseases like cancer and tuberculosis shapes cultural attitudes and stigmatizes the ill.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illness as Metaphor Target entity description: Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 critical essay by Susan Sontag that examines how metaphorical language surrounding diseases like cancer and tuberculosis shapes cultural attitudes and stigmatizes the ill.
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A.
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath is a posthumously published volume that gathers the complete poetic works of the American poet Sylvia Plath, showcasing her development from early writings to her most famous and final poems.
-
B.
Life Is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995
Life Is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995 is a poetry collection by Native American writer and scholar Paula Gunn Allen that spans over three decades of her work, exploring themes of identity, spirituality, and Indigenous experience.
-
C.
I Sing the Body Electric
"I Sing the Body Electric" is a celebrated free-verse poem by Walt Whitman that exalts the human body and soul as sacred, democratic, and inseparable aspects of the self.
-
D.
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays by Alice Walker that explores Black women's creativity, history, and resilience through literary criticism, biography, and personal reflection.
-
E.
Milk and Honey
Milk and Honey is a 1961 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, centered on romance and new beginnings among American tourists in the newly founded state of Israel.
- 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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f2216a5c8190a933b24fda4530d8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c810f2bff4819093b0082dec4ee773 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c814ff89708190a6a626ac204f8c6b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c819174bc48190b5575818ccc2f144 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.