Triple

T18806047
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nick Antosca E459875 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object The Hangman’s Ritual
The Hangman’s Ritual is a horror novel by American writer Nick Antosca that blends psychological dread with occult themes.
 E1344414 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 Hangman’s Ritual | Statement: [Nick Antosca, wrote, The Hangman’s Ritual]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Hangman’s Ritual
Context triple: [Nick Antosca, wrote, The Hangman’s Ritual]
  • A. The Hangman
    The Hangman is a philosophical novel by Swedish author Pär Lagerkvist that explores themes of evil, guilt, and human conscience through the figure of an executioner.
  • B. The Hangman
    The Hangman is a character or figure closely linked to Johnny Madrid in the "From Dusk Till Dawn" franchise, often associated with outlaw justice and grim retribution.
  • C. Hangman's Curse
    Hangman's Curse is a 2003 supernatural thriller film, based on a Frank Peretti novel, about a family of undercover investigators probing a deadly curse at a high school.
  • D. The Noose
    "The Noose" is a 1928 American silent crime drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, noted for its intense melodrama and early sound-era experimentation.
  • E. The Gallows
    The Gallows is a 2015 found-footage supernatural horror film centered on a cursed high school play that unleashes a vengeful spirit.
  • 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 Hangman’s Ritual
Triple: [Nick Antosca, wrote, The Hangman’s Ritual]
Generated description
The Hangman’s Ritual is a horror novel by American writer Nick Antosca that blends psychological dread with occult themes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Hangman’s Ritual
Target entity description: The Hangman’s Ritual is a horror novel by American writer Nick Antosca that blends psychological dread with occult themes.
  • A. The Hangman
    The Hangman is a philosophical novel by Swedish author Pär Lagerkvist that explores themes of evil, guilt, and human conscience through the figure of an executioner.
  • B. The Hangman
    The Hangman is a character or figure closely linked to Johnny Madrid in the "From Dusk Till Dawn" franchise, often associated with outlaw justice and grim retribution.
  • C. Hangman's Curse
    Hangman's Curse is a 2003 supernatural thriller film, based on a Frank Peretti novel, about a family of undercover investigators probing a deadly curse at a high school.
  • D. The Noose
    "The Noose" is a 1928 American silent crime drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, noted for its intense melodrama and early sound-era experimentation.
  • E. The Gallows
    The Gallows is a 2015 found-footage supernatural horror film centered on a cursed high school play that unleashes a vengeful spirit.
  • 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_69d8d398c7d4819091cb2f7e48948aeb completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a3d7f8d08190a3e02fab6dc40bb5 completed April 20, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a055bbec00c8190962dddaf08bb1c5d completed May 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a055f9b560c81909fcc83ffb8fc7498 completed May 14, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05605e78088190ae2fc8189007d6dc completed May 14, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:53 a.m.