Triple

T9098655
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jane Smiley E218092 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Greenlanders
The Greenlanders is a historical novel by Jane Smiley that vividly reconstructs the lives, struggles, and eventual decline of the Norse settlers in medieval Greenland.
 E357715 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 Greenlanders | Statement: [Jane Smiley, notableWork, The Greenlanders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Greenlanders
Context triple: [Jane Smiley, notableWork, The Greenlanders]
  • A. Saga of the Greenlanders
    Saga of the Greenlanders is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the Norse exploration and attempted settlement of North America, including voyages associated with Leif Erikson and Vinland.
  • B. Gateway to the Arctic
    Gateway to the Arctic is a popular nickname for Tromsø, a Norwegian city known for its Arctic research, northern lights, and role as a starting point for polar expeditions.
  • C. Islanders
    Islanders is the team name and mascot representing the athletic and extracurricular programs of Mercer Island High School in Washington.
  • D. Islanders
    Islanders is the nickname and athletics brand for the sports teams representing Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
  • E. Islanders
    Islanders is the common short name for the New York Islanders, a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the NHL.
  • 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 Greenlanders
Triple: [Jane Smiley, notableWork, The Greenlanders]
Generated description
The Greenlanders is a historical novel by Jane Smiley that vividly reconstructs the lives, struggles, and eventual decline of the Norse settlers in medieval Greenland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Greenlanders
Target entity description: The Greenlanders is a historical novel by Jane Smiley that vividly reconstructs the lives, struggles, and eventual decline of the Norse settlers in medieval Greenland.
  • A. Saga of the Greenlanders chosen
    Saga of the Greenlanders is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the Norse exploration and attempted settlement of North America, including voyages associated with Leif Erikson and Vinland.
  • B. Gateway to the Arctic
    Gateway to the Arctic is a popular nickname for Tromsø, a Norwegian city known for its Arctic research, northern lights, and role as a starting point for polar expeditions.
  • C. Islanders
    Islanders is the team name and mascot representing the athletic and extracurricular programs of Mercer Island High School in Washington.
  • D. Islanders
    Islanders is the nickname and athletics brand for the sports teams representing Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
  • E. Islanders
    Islanders is the common short name for the New York Islanders, a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the NHL.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83d9844081908e561e367fda6d45 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc970f340881909f5551219f151acf completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d01824ee2081909cc5e6ae33fab2e5 completed April 3, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d019666cb08190b66298ff86a7e1af completed April 3, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d01a700ce48190868d445bde2462dc completed April 3, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m.