Triple

T18132440
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William G. Bowen E434046 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Shape of the River
The Shape of the River is an influential book co-authored by William G. Bowen that analyzes the long-term outcomes and impacts of race-conscious admissions policies at selective American colleges and universities.
E1308788 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: The Shape of the River | Statement: [William G. Bowen, notableWork, The Shape of the River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shape of the River
Context triple: [William G. Bowen, notableWork, The Shape of the River]
  • A. Goodbye to a River
    Goodbye to a River is a 1960 memoir by John Graves that recounts a canoe trip down the Brazos River in Texas, blending natural history, personal reflection, and environmental advocacy.
  • B. The Endless River
    The Endless River is a 2014 ambient and instrumental studio album by Pink Floyd, built largely from unreleased Division Bell-era recordings and serving as a final tribute to late keyboardist Richard Wright.
  • C. Beyond the River
    Beyond the River is a historical-geographical term used in ancient Near Eastern sources to denote the region west of the Euphrates River, encompassing parts of Syria and Palestine.
  • D. Bend of the River
    Bend of the River is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, noted for its rugged frontier setting and themes of redemption and loyalty.
  • E. All the Rivers
    All the Rivers is a musical work by composer Michael Price, known for its atmospheric, emotionally rich contemporary classical 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: The Shape of the River
Triple: [William G. Bowen, notableWork, The Shape of the River]
Generated description
The Shape of the River is an influential book co-authored by William G. Bowen that analyzes the long-term outcomes and impacts of race-conscious admissions policies at selective American colleges and universities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shape of the River
Target entity description: The Shape of the River is an influential book co-authored by William G. Bowen that analyzes the long-term outcomes and impacts of race-conscious admissions policies at selective American colleges and universities.
  • A. Goodbye to a River
    Goodbye to a River is a 1960 memoir by John Graves that recounts a canoe trip down the Brazos River in Texas, blending natural history, personal reflection, and environmental advocacy.
  • B. The Endless River
    The Endless River is a 2014 ambient and instrumental studio album by Pink Floyd, built largely from unreleased Division Bell-era recordings and serving as a final tribute to late keyboardist Richard Wright.
  • C. Beyond the River
    Beyond the River is a historical-geographical term used in ancient Near Eastern sources to denote the region west of the Euphrates River, encompassing parts of Syria and Palestine.
  • D. Bend of the River
    Bend of the River is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, noted for its rugged frontier setting and themes of redemption and loyalty.
  • E. All the Rivers
    All the Rivers is a musical work by composer Michael Price, known for its atmospheric, emotionally rich contemporary classical 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ddf2c68881909dfbe59df15ddccc completed April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0385489c3c8190b7e20d6c8c75ea16 completed May 12, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a038acaf8f48190b88562c0a1df9109 completed May 12, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a038b4132bc8190992cae1400894fef completed May 12, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.