Triple

T19309058
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lucian of Samosata E482917 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Sale of Lives
The Sale of Lives is a satirical dialogue by Lucian of Samosata in which various philosophers are auctioned off like slaves, humorously exposing the absurdities of their doctrines and characters.
E1369441 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 Sale of Lives | Statement: [Lucian of Samosata, notableWork, The Sale of Lives]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sale of Lives
Context triple: [Lucian of Samosata, notableWork, The Sale of Lives]
  • A. Souls for Sale
    Souls for Sale is a 1923 silent Hollywood melodrama film, best known for its behind-the-scenes look at the early movie industry and for starring actress Eleanor Boardman.
  • B. Valor da Vida
    Valor da Vida is a Portuguese telenovela known for its dramatic storyline involving mystery, family secrets, and personal redemption.
  • C. A Soul for Sale
    A Soul for Sale is a poetry collection by Irish writer Patrick Kavanagh that reflects his early lyrical style and themes of rural life and spiritual struggle.
  • D. The Death Trade
    The Death Trade is a contemporary thriller novel in the Sean Dillon series by Jack Higgins, featuring high-stakes international intrigue and covert operations.
  • E. Book of Death
    Book of Death is a conceptual or symbolic work associated with themes of mortality, judgment, and the end of life, often contrasted with texts that emphasize life or salvation.
  • 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 Sale of Lives
Triple: [Lucian of Samosata, notableWork, The Sale of Lives]
Generated description
The Sale of Lives is a satirical dialogue by Lucian of Samosata in which various philosophers are auctioned off like slaves, humorously exposing the absurdities of their doctrines and characters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sale of Lives
Target entity description: The Sale of Lives is a satirical dialogue by Lucian of Samosata in which various philosophers are auctioned off like slaves, humorously exposing the absurdities of their doctrines and characters.
  • A. Souls for Sale
    Souls for Sale is a 1923 silent Hollywood melodrama film, best known for its behind-the-scenes look at the early movie industry and for starring actress Eleanor Boardman.
  • B. Valor da Vida
    Valor da Vida is a Portuguese telenovela known for its dramatic storyline involving mystery, family secrets, and personal redemption.
  • C. A Soul for Sale
    A Soul for Sale is a poetry collection by Irish writer Patrick Kavanagh that reflects his early lyrical style and themes of rural life and spiritual struggle.
  • D. The Death Trade
    The Death Trade is a contemporary thriller novel in the Sean Dillon series by Jack Higgins, featuring high-stakes international intrigue and covert operations.
  • E. Book of Death
    Book of Death is a conceptual or symbolic work associated with themes of mortality, judgment, and the end of life, often contrasted with texts that emphasize life or salvation.
  • 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_69d8e8d04d5c8190baa816986f2b1d1e completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e604cc62e08190b5ba5dfc44efdc5c completed April 20, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07145da9f081908db403f7f832731d completed May 15, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0715514bac8190aafb36b96d4b167d completed May 15, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07163cb15881908435e7d2fa68b06e completed May 15, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.