Triple
T8738309
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Gardner (British writer) |
E207438
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The King of the Thieves
The King of the Thieves is a crime novel by British author John Gardner that follows the intricate schemes and underworld dealings of professional criminals.
|
E754781
|
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 King of the Thieves | Statement: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The King of the Thieves]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The King of the Thieves Context triple: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The King of the Thieves]
-
A.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
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B.
The Holy Thief
The Holy Thief is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on the theft of a saint’s reliquary.
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C.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Vagabond King
The Vagabond King is a 1925 operetta, later adapted into films, that romanticizes the life of French poet François Villon through a blend of lyrical music and swashbuckling drama.
- 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 King of the Thieves Triple: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The King of the Thieves]
Generated description
The King of the Thieves is a crime novel by British author John Gardner that follows the intricate schemes and underworld dealings of professional criminals.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The King of the Thieves Target entity description: The King of the Thieves is a crime novel by British author John Gardner that follows the intricate schemes and underworld dealings of professional criminals.
-
A.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
-
B.
The Holy Thief
The Holy Thief is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on the theft of a saint’s reliquary.
-
C.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
-
D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
-
E.
The Vagabond King
The Vagabond King is a 1925 operetta, later adapted into films, that romanticizes the life of French poet François Villon through a blend of lyrical music and swashbuckling drama.
- 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_69ca835a03a081909d4d4cd01a18c9fb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5d470c8c81909ead395ef704c6ba |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf42d5dd508190854fbbc2541aa819 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf440051bc8190ad9d649150187932 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf4473ee0081908ed22eb0d855d7dd |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:38 p.m.