Triple

T13561350
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walker Percy E323915 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book is a satirical, philosophical work that parodies self-help manuals while exploring questions of identity, meaning, and modern alienation.
E1046804 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: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book | Statement: [Walker Percy, notableWork, Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Context triple: [Walker Percy, notableWork, Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book]
  • A. Last Life in the Universe
    Last Life in the Universe is a 2003 Thai-Japanese art-house drama film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, known for its contemplative tone, minimalist storytelling, and exploration of loneliness and unlikely human connection.
  • B. Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
    Flight of the Cosmic Hippo is a genre-blending jazz-fusion album by banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, known for its innovative use of the banjo in contemporary instrumental music.
  • C. The Reluctant Astronaut
    The Reluctant Astronaut is a 1967 comedy film starring Don Knotts as a timid carnival ride operator who is unexpectedly recruited into the U.S. space program.
  • D. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is a memoir and life-advice book by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield that shares lessons from his spacefaring career on leadership, preparation, and perspective.
  • E. The Universe in Your Hand
    The Universe in Your Hand is a popular science book by physicist Christophe Galfard that guides readers through modern cosmology and theoretical physics in an accessible, narrative style.
  • 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: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Triple: [Walker Percy, notableWork, Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book]
Generated description
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book is a satirical, philosophical work that parodies self-help manuals while exploring questions of identity, meaning, and modern alienation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Target entity description: Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book is a satirical, philosophical work that parodies self-help manuals while exploring questions of identity, meaning, and modern alienation.
  • A. Last Life in the Universe
    Last Life in the Universe is a 2003 Thai-Japanese art-house drama film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, known for its contemplative tone, minimalist storytelling, and exploration of loneliness and unlikely human connection.
  • B. Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
    Flight of the Cosmic Hippo is a genre-blending jazz-fusion album by banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, known for its innovative use of the banjo in contemporary instrumental music.
  • C. The Reluctant Astronaut
    The Reluctant Astronaut is a 1967 comedy film starring Don Knotts as a timid carnival ride operator who is unexpectedly recruited into the U.S. space program.
  • D. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is a memoir and life-advice book by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield that shares lessons from his spacefaring career on leadership, preparation, and perspective.
  • E. The Universe in Your Hand
    The Universe in Your Hand is a popular science book by physicist Christophe Galfard that guides readers through modern cosmology and theoretical physics in an accessible, narrative style.
  • 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_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaff5219081909cf60423e79d278f completed April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75dad601481908de5f266f01f3f49 completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75f563cfc81909cde4c403ac10a58 completed May 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75fcbf9548190abd74bf4f4ae2e11 completed May 3, 2026, 2:46 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:47 p.m.