Triple

T19664038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories E472154 entity
Predicate containsWork P2011 FINISHED
Object The Alligators
"The Alligators" is a short story by John Updike that explores childhood, cruelty, and social dynamics in a small-town school setting.
 E1388493 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 Alligators | Statement: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, The Alligators]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Alligators
Context triple: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, The Alligators]
  • A. The Crabs
    The Crabs were an indie rock band from Olympia, Washington, known for their lo-fi sound and association with the Pacific Northwest DIY music scene.
  • B. Gator
    Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing San Francisco State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
  • C. Gator
    Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing Escambia High School’s athletic teams and school spirit.
  • D. Gator
    Gator is a 1976 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds as a small-time bootlegger drawn into a dangerous undercover operation.
  • E. The Rowdy Reptiles
    The Rowdy Reptiles are the passionate and boisterous student section known for energizing home games of the Florida Gators football team.
  • 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 Alligators
Triple: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, The Alligators]
Generated description
"The Alligators" is a short story by John Updike that explores childhood, cruelty, and social dynamics in a small-town school setting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Alligators
Target entity description: "The Alligators" is a short story by John Updike that explores childhood, cruelty, and social dynamics in a small-town school setting.
  • A. The Crabs
    The Crabs were an indie rock band from Olympia, Washington, known for their lo-fi sound and association with the Pacific Northwest DIY music scene.
  • B. Gator
    Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing San Francisco State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
  • C. Gator
    Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing Escambia High School’s athletic teams and school spirit.
  • D. Gator
    Gator is a 1976 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds as a small-time bootlegger drawn into a dangerous undercover operation.
  • E. The Rowdy Reptiles
    The Rowdy Reptiles are the passionate and boisterous student section known for energizing home games of the Florida Gators football team.
  • 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6416671fc81908e25b0477234fa0f completed April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a077ef8b8d08190a2f408e45e44d430 completed May 15, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a077fcef0288190a6c82be17c29a4ae completed May 15, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0780a281248190a1056b682f0aa952 completed May 15, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.