Triple
T18350982
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Franz Kafka short fiction corpus |
E439665
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasWork |
P6260
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor
"Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" is a short story by Franz Kafka that follows a solitary office worker whose life is disrupted by the inexplicable appearance of two bouncing balls in his room, reflecting themes of alienation and absurdity.
|
E1319644
|
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: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor | Statement: [Franz Kafka short fiction corpus, hasWork, Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor Context triple: [Franz Kafka short fiction corpus, hasWork, Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor]
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A.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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B.
Mr. Jones
"Mr. Jones" is a hit alternative rock song by Counting Crows, known for its introspective lyrics about fame, dreams, and identity.
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C.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story "Winter Dreams," appearing in the social world surrounding the protagonist and contributing to the depiction of class and status.
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D.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland about Welsh journalist Gareth Jones’s investigation into the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
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E.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is the central protagonist of the novel "Victory," around whom the story’s main conflicts and themes revolve.
- 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: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor Triple: [Franz Kafka short fiction corpus, hasWork, Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor]
Generated description
"Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" is a short story by Franz Kafka that follows a solitary office worker whose life is disrupted by the inexplicable appearance of two bouncing balls in his room, reflecting themes of alienation and absurdity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor Target entity description: "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" is a short story by Franz Kafka that follows a solitary office worker whose life is disrupted by the inexplicable appearance of two bouncing balls in his room, reflecting themes of alienation and absurdity.
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A.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
-
B.
Mr. Jones
"Mr. Jones" is a hit alternative rock song by Counting Crows, known for its introspective lyrics about fame, dreams, and identity.
-
C.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story "Winter Dreams," appearing in the social world surrounding the protagonist and contributing to the depiction of class and status.
-
D.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland about Welsh journalist Gareth Jones’s investigation into the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
-
E.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones is the central protagonist of the novel "Victory," around whom the story’s main conflicts and themes revolve.
- 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_69d8b918221c8190a9f7b563d64ac677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e514f83b648190b473cf611851c666 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03cc28b80c8190819b989478bb62bd |
completed | May 13, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03cd1858c481909f78fb1a4c27437c |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03ce9e3dd08190b912fe9e9f552053 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.