Triple

T19744747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicholson Baker E474220 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Box of Matches
A Box of Matches is a contemplative novel by Nicholson Baker that follows a middle-aged editor’s quiet early-morning rituals, turning everyday domestic moments into detailed, meditative reflections.
E1393135 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: A Box of Matches | Statement: [Nicholson Baker, notableWork, A Box of Matches]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Box of Matches
Context triple: [Nicholson Baker, notableWork, A Box of Matches]
  • A. A Safety Match
    A Safety Match is a comedic play by Scottish author and playwright Ian Hay, known for its lighthearted treatment of British middle-class life.
  • B. The Old Woman
    The Old Woman is a surreal, experimental stage production by avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson, known for its striking visual style and non-linear narrative.
  • C. The Last Worthless Evening
    The Last Worthless Evening is a short story collection by American writer Andre Dubus that explores intimate moments of ordinary lives with emotional depth and moral complexity.
  • D. The Waif
    The Waif is a mysterious and ruthless acolyte of the Faceless Men in Game of Thrones, known for training and tormenting Arya Stark in the House of Black and White.
  • E. One O’Clock Gun
    The One O’Clock Gun is a time-signalling cannon in Edinburgh that is fired daily to mark 1:00 pm, serving as a historic aid to ships and a popular tourist attraction.
  • 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: A Box of Matches
Triple: [Nicholson Baker, notableWork, A Box of Matches]
Generated description
A Box of Matches is a contemplative novel by Nicholson Baker that follows a middle-aged editor’s quiet early-morning rituals, turning everyday domestic moments into detailed, meditative reflections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Box of Matches
Target entity description: A Box of Matches is a contemplative novel by Nicholson Baker that follows a middle-aged editor’s quiet early-morning rituals, turning everyday domestic moments into detailed, meditative reflections.
  • A. A Safety Match
    A Safety Match is a comedic play by Scottish author and playwright Ian Hay, known for its lighthearted treatment of British middle-class life.
  • B. The Old Woman
    The Old Woman is a surreal, experimental stage production by avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson, known for its striking visual style and non-linear narrative.
  • C. The Last Worthless Evening
    The Last Worthless Evening is a short story collection by American writer Andre Dubus that explores intimate moments of ordinary lives with emotional depth and moral complexity.
  • D. The Waif
    The Waif is a mysterious and ruthless acolyte of the Faceless Men in Game of Thrones, known for training and tormenting Arya Stark in the House of Black and White.
  • E. One O’Clock Gun
    The One O’Clock Gun is a time-signalling cannon in Edinburgh that is fired daily to mark 1:00 pm, serving as a historic aid to ships and a popular tourist attraction.
  • 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e652923fd48190982c51c39814fd08 completed April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07b4ffc5e8819091838b010eceeeca completed May 16, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07b5e9961881908f224154ec12c366 completed May 16, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07b67964b481909af269c6b5db6527 completed May 16, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:47 p.m.