Triple

T18576817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terry Tempest Williams E454007 entity
Predicate movement P81 FINISHED
Object Western American literature
Western American literature is a body of writing that explores the landscapes, cultures, histories, and environmental and social issues of the American West, often emphasizing place, identity, and the human relationship with nature.
E1332200 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: Western American literature | Statement: [Terry Tempest Williams, movement, Western American literature]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western American literature
Context triple: [Terry Tempest Williams, movement, Western American literature]
  • A. Native American literature
    Native American literature is a body of writing by Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada that blends oral storytelling traditions with written forms to explore themes of identity, history, colonization, and cultural survival.
  • B. American literature
    American literature is the body of written works produced in the United States and its preceding colonies, reflecting the nation’s evolving history, culture, and diverse voices across genres and periods.
  • C. Western Romance
    Western Romance is a branch of the Romance language family that includes languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, and others that evolved in Western Europe from Latin.
  • D. Western Voices
    Western Voices is a literary work, likely an anthology or collection, that showcases writings or perspectives rooted in Western culture or traditions.
  • E. Southern United States literature
    Southern United States literature is a body of writing rooted in the American South that often explores themes of history, race, class, religion, and regional identity through distinctive voices and settings.
  • 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: Western American literature
Triple: [Terry Tempest Williams, movement, Western American literature]
Generated description
Western American literature is a body of writing that explores the landscapes, cultures, histories, and environmental and social issues of the American West, often emphasizing place, identity, and the human relationship with nature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western American literature
Target entity description: Western American literature is a body of writing that explores the landscapes, cultures, histories, and environmental and social issues of the American West, often emphasizing place, identity, and the human relationship with nature.
  • A. Native American literature
    Native American literature is a body of writing by Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada that blends oral storytelling traditions with written forms to explore themes of identity, history, colonization, and cultural survival.
  • B. American literature
    American literature is the body of written works produced in the United States and its preceding colonies, reflecting the nation’s evolving history, culture, and diverse voices across genres and periods.
  • C. Western Romance
    Western Romance is a branch of the Romance language family that includes languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, and others that evolved in Western Europe from Latin.
  • D. Western Voices
    Western Voices is a literary work, likely an anthology or collection, that showcases writings or perspectives rooted in Western culture or traditions.
  • E. Southern United States literature
    Southern United States literature is a body of writing rooted in the American South that often explores themes of history, race, class, religion, and regional identity through distinctive voices and settings.
  • 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_69d8d38974308190a9174430ef256b73 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e543cc94f081909b76c3d488ed5637 completed April 19, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04f88ad578819086a5dd6cc8b01f15 completed May 13, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04f9bcca8881908952767c4fc418c8 completed May 13, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a04fa25d5d08190b28dae1a1ebb1ff6 completed May 13, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:43 a.m.