Triple

T8897364
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject V. S. Naipaul E211838 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas is a celebrated 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul that follows the life-long struggle of an Indo-Trinidadian man seeking independence and self-worth through owning his own home.
E764896 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: A House for Mr Biswas | Statement: [V. S. Naipaul, notableWork, A House for Mr Biswas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A House for Mr Biswas
Context triple: [V. S. Naipaul, notableWork, A House for Mr Biswas]
  • A. A Suitable Boy
    A Suitable Boy is a widely acclaimed epic novel by Vikram Seth that portrays post-independence Indian society through the intertwined lives and marriages of four extended families.
  • B. A Fine Balance
    A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
  • C. Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
    Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a critically acclaimed Indian drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores communal tension and human relationships during a fraught bus journey.
  • D. A Passage to India
    A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
  • E. Heat and Dust
    "Heat and Dust" is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that interweaves parallel stories of two Englishwomen in India, exploring themes of colonialism, desire, and cultural clash.
  • 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: A House for Mr Biswas
Triple: [V. S. Naipaul, notableWork, A House for Mr Biswas]
Generated description
A House for Mr Biswas is a celebrated 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul that follows the life-long struggle of an Indo-Trinidadian man seeking independence and self-worth through owning his own home.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A House for Mr Biswas
Target entity description: A House for Mr Biswas is a celebrated 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul that follows the life-long struggle of an Indo-Trinidadian man seeking independence and self-worth through owning his own home.
  • A. A Suitable Boy
    A Suitable Boy is a widely acclaimed epic novel by Vikram Seth that portrays post-independence Indian society through the intertwined lives and marriages of four extended families.
  • B. A Fine Balance
    A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
  • C. Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
    Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a critically acclaimed Indian drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores communal tension and human relationships during a fraught bus journey.
  • D. A Passage to India
    A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.
  • E. Heat and Dust
    "Heat and Dust" is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that interweaves parallel stories of two Englishwomen in India, exploring themes of colonialism, desire, and cultural clash.
  • 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_69ca83918d3081909b326fa3750cb8c8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6424a8c08190aef2aa2079dd85f1 completed April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfac093034819085d8fb1832ec5d73 completed April 3, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfacb58f208190b5e8eeba58f1bd78 completed April 3, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfad6fff348190b0491ba38d2e6ce5 completed April 3, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:54 p.m.