Triple

T18009608
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stanley Mann E430841 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a World War II spy thriller novel by Ken Follett, later adapted into a film, about a ruthless German agent operating in Britain.
E401393 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: Eye of the Needle | Statement: [Stanley Mann, wrote, Eye of the Needle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eye of the Needle
Context triple: [Stanley Mann, wrote, Eye of the Needle]
  • A. Eye of the Needle
    Eye of the Needle is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett, centered on a ruthless German spy in Britain whose discovery could change the course of the war.
  • B. The Needle's Eye
    The Needle's Eye is a 1972 novel by British author Margaret Drabble that explores themes of class, morality, and personal freedom through the story of a wealthy woman who renounces her inheritance.
  • C. River Bourne
    River Bourne is a chalk stream in Wiltshire, England, that flows through the Bourne Valley before joining the River Avon near Salisbury.
  • D. River Bourne
    River Bourne is a small river in Surrey, England, that flows through villages such as Chobham before joining the River Thames.
  • E. River Bourne
    River Bourne is a small river in Kent, England, that serves as a tributary within the local drainage system and contributes to the region’s rural landscape and ecology.
  • 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: Eye of the Needle
Triple: [Stanley Mann, wrote, Eye of the Needle]
Generated description
Eye of the Needle is a World War II spy thriller novel by Ken Follett, later adapted into a film, about a ruthless German agent operating in Britain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eye of the Needle
Target entity description: Eye of the Needle is a World War II spy thriller novel by Ken Follett, later adapted into a film, about a ruthless German agent operating in Britain.
  • A. Eye of the Needle chosen
    Eye of the Needle is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett, centered on a ruthless German spy in Britain whose discovery could change the course of the war.
  • B. The Needle's Eye
    The Needle's Eye is a 1972 novel by British author Margaret Drabble that explores themes of class, morality, and personal freedom through the story of a wealthy woman who renounces her inheritance.
  • C. River Bourne
    River Bourne is a chalk stream in Wiltshire, England, that flows through the Bourne Valley before joining the River Avon near Salisbury.
  • D. River Bourne
    River Bourne is a small river in Surrey, England, that flows through villages such as Chobham before joining the River Thames.
  • E. River Bourne
    River Bourne is a small river in Dorset, England, that flows through and gives its name to the coastal town of Bournemouth.
  • 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_69d8b904530081908bf341d842464856 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4b51e13788190bebbbdd7340e0982 completed April 19, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03431f56448190b4cbccc2c2be6242 completed May 12, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0344a644788190b4ac1f7ffc80d562 completed May 12, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034517f4148190864d916f4d1ef5ba completed May 12, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:24 a.m.