Triple

T17924614
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robertson Davies E448158 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Murther and Walking Spirits
Murther and Walking Spirits is a 1991 novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies that blends ghostly narration with a satirical exploration of history, family, and moral responsibility.
E1297019 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: Murther and Walking Spirits | Statement: [Robertson Davies, notableWork, Murther and Walking Spirits]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murther and Walking Spirits
Context triple: [Robertson Davies, notableWork, Murther and Walking Spirits]
  • A. Spirits of the Dead
    Spirits of the Dead is a 1968 anthology horror film adapting three Edgar Allan Poe stories, directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini.
  • B. Dead Man’s Footsteps
    Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
  • C. The Corpse Walker
    The Corpse Walker is a nonfiction book by Chinese writer Liao Yiwu that presents oral histories of ordinary people whose lives were upended by political campaigns and social upheavals in modern China.
  • D. A Walk in the Dark
    A Walk in the Dark is a component or segment titled within the larger work "Uh-Oh," likely representing one of its distinct parts or chapters.
  • E. Dead Man’s Walk
    Dead Man’s Walk is a historical Western novel by Larry McMurtry that follows the early adventures of Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call in the prequel to his Lonesome Dove series.
  • 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: Murther and Walking Spirits
Triple: [Robertson Davies, notableWork, Murther and Walking Spirits]
Generated description
Murther and Walking Spirits is a 1991 novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies that blends ghostly narration with a satirical exploration of history, family, and moral responsibility.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murther and Walking Spirits
Target entity description: Murther and Walking Spirits is a 1991 novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies that blends ghostly narration with a satirical exploration of history, family, and moral responsibility.
  • A. Spirits of the Dead
    Spirits of the Dead is a 1968 anthology horror film adapting three Edgar Allan Poe stories, directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini.
  • B. Dead Man’s Footsteps
    Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
  • C. The Corpse Walker
    The Corpse Walker is a nonfiction book by Chinese writer Liao Yiwu that presents oral histories of ordinary people whose lives were upended by political campaigns and social upheavals in modern China.
  • D. A Walk in the Dark
    A Walk in the Dark is a component or segment titled within the larger work "Uh-Oh," likely representing one of its distinct parts or chapters.
  • E. Dead Man’s Walk
    Dead Man’s Walk is a historical Western novel by Larry McMurtry that follows the early adventures of Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call in the prequel to his Lonesome Dove series.
  • 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_69d8b9f79d14819095540856928f0e25 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4a54cf8188190b9bd676443418c23 completed April 19, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03213465088190990a998647d8acad completed May 12, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a032338dbb48190ac0870ae5cabbb46 completed May 12, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a032435a3f08190a3c5435e4a83b0c6 completed May 12, 2026, 12:59 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:20 a.m.