Triple

T9366941
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oscar Levant E225424 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Smattering of Ignorance
A Smattering of Ignorance is a collection of witty, self-deprecating essays and anecdotes by American pianist, composer, and humorist Oscar Levant.
 E795385 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 Smattering of Ignorance | Statement: [Oscar Levant, notableWork, A Smattering of Ignorance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: A Smattering of Ignorance
Context triple: [Oscar Levant, notableWork, A Smattering of Ignorance]
  • A. Father of Ignorance
    "Father of Ignorance" is a derogatory epithet referring to Abu Jahl, a prominent Meccan opponent of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islam.
  • B. Ignorant Art
    Ignorant Art is the debut mixtape by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea that helped launch her career with its aggressive style and bold, provocative lyrics.
  • C. Ignorance Is Bliss
    "Ignorance Is Bliss" is a song featured on the album "Brain Drain," known for its darkly humorous take on willful obliviousness.
  • D. What They Don’t Know
    "What They Don’t Know" is a track from DMX’s 2001 hip-hop album *The Great Depression*, featuring artists Sisqó and Drag-On.
  • E. The Very Idea
    The Very Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film, now considered lost, that satirized contemporary notions of eugenics and scientific matchmaking.
  • 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 Smattering of Ignorance
Triple: [Oscar Levant, notableWork, A Smattering of Ignorance]
Generated description
A Smattering of Ignorance is a collection of witty, self-deprecating essays and anecdotes by American pianist, composer, and humorist Oscar Levant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: A Smattering of Ignorance
Target entity description: A Smattering of Ignorance is a collection of witty, self-deprecating essays and anecdotes by American pianist, composer, and humorist Oscar Levant.
  • A. Father of Ignorance
    "Father of Ignorance" is a derogatory epithet referring to Abu Jahl, a prominent Meccan opponent of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islam.
  • B. Ignorant Art
    Ignorant Art is the debut mixtape by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea that helped launch her career with its aggressive style and bold, provocative lyrics.
  • C. Ignorance Is Bliss
    "Ignorance Is Bliss" is a song featured on the album "Brain Drain," known for its darkly humorous take on willful obliviousness.
  • D. What They Don’t Know
    "What They Don’t Know" is a track from DMX’s 2001 hip-hop album *The Great Depression*, featuring artists Sisqó and Drag-On.
  • E. The Very Idea
    The Very Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film, now considered lost, that satirized contemporary notions of eugenics and scientific matchmaking.
  • 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_69ca842cbddc819099d71ecec48cf9e5 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd5042c89c8190994b12cf7600c366 completed April 1, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0f3fbe7d481909712531d907b77d8 completed April 4, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0f51f8ae88190a15d2e521449c8b5 completed April 4, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0f5d543a48190b9f25d4316664f04 completed April 4, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:43 p.m.