Triple

T8361318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Matheson E197012 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shrinking Man E197014 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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 Shrinking Man | Statement: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, The Shrinking Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Shrinking Man
Context triple: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, The Shrinking Man]
  • A. The Shrinking Man chosen
    The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by Richard Matheson that follows a man who begins to shrink uncontrollably after exposure to a mysterious mist, exploring themes of identity, survival, and existential terror.
  • B. The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay)
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) is a classic 1950s science fiction film script by Richard Matheson about a man who mysteriously begins to shrink, exploring themes of identity, survival, and existential dread.
  • C. The Invisible Man
    The Invisible Man is a classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a scientist who discovers how to become invisible but descends into madness and violence as a result.
  • D. Man in the Dark
    Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
  • E. Mother Night
    Mother Night is a 1996 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, following an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist as he grapples with guilt, identity, and moral ambiguity.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca82f2dbe48190aba982e75a0d94de completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb80728eb081909bae6aae45848fab completed March 31, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cdc775a548819090c83d916b352f41 completed April 2, 2026, 1:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6 p.m.