Triple

T14212369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Denis Johnson E352262 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Already Dead: A California Gothic
"Already Dead: A California Gothic" is a dark, hallucinatory novel by Denis Johnson that blends crime, mysticism, and existential despair in a haunting portrait of Northern California.
E1085943 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: Already Dead: A California Gothic | Statement: [Denis Johnson, notableWork, Already Dead: A California Gothic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Already Dead: A California Gothic
Context triple: [Denis Johnson, notableWork, Already Dead: A California Gothic]
  • A. Downtown’s Dead
    "Downtown’s Dead" is a country-pop song by American singer-songwriter Sam Hunt, known for its introspective lyrics about loneliness and emotional disconnection amid city nightlife.
  • B. Murder by Death
    Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
  • C. From the Dead
    "From the Dead" is a song from the Broadway musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
  • D. Almanac of the Dead
    Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
  • E. Art of Dying
    "Art of Dying" is a spiritually themed rock song by George Harrison, featured on his acclaimed 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass.
  • 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: Already Dead: A California Gothic
Triple: [Denis Johnson, notableWork, Already Dead: A California Gothic]
Generated description
"Already Dead: A California Gothic" is a dark, hallucinatory novel by Denis Johnson that blends crime, mysticism, and existential despair in a haunting portrait of Northern California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Already Dead: A California Gothic
Target entity description: "Already Dead: A California Gothic" is a dark, hallucinatory novel by Denis Johnson that blends crime, mysticism, and existential despair in a haunting portrait of Northern California.
  • A. Downtown’s Dead
    "Downtown’s Dead" is a country-pop song by American singer-songwriter Sam Hunt, known for its introspective lyrics about loneliness and emotional disconnection amid city nightlife.
  • B. Murder by Death
    Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
  • C. From the Dead
    "From the Dead" is a song from the Broadway musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
  • D. Almanac of the Dead
    Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
  • E. Art of Dying
    "Art of Dying" is a spiritually themed rock song by George Harrison, featured on his acclaimed 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass.
  • 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_69d8278a06e481908b5d6af0a8afe737 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de620dba0c8190bb77a1df10e1d3a7 completed April 14, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd19574280819091bafd95a75983bf completed May 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd1a231cbc819083d38e25073892bf completed May 7, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd1ada47788190afcf8078d76ef339 completed May 7, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:05 a.m.