Triple
T19754458
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The City & the City |
E474467
|
entity |
| Predicate | setting |
P1957
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Besźel
Besźel is one of the two overlapping, culturally distinct Eastern European-style cities in China Miéville’s novel "The City & the City," known for its strict separation from its twin city Ul Qoma.
|
E1394731
|
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: Besźel | Statement: [The City & the City, setting, Besźel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Besźel Context triple: [The City & the City, setting, Besźel]
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A.
Sadowie
Sadowie is a village and the seat of a rural administrative district in south-eastern Poland.
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B.
Walporzheim
Walporzheim is a renowned wine-producing village in Germany’s Ahr Valley, noted especially for its high-quality Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) wines.
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C.
Ustilago
Ustilago is a genus of parasitic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal and grass crops, notably corn smut.
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D.
Bisztynek
Bisztynek is a small historic town in northern Poland, located in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and known for its traditional architecture and regional cultural heritage.
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E.
Borzna
Borzna is a historic town in northern Ukraine, known as a former regional center within various administrative divisions over the centuries.
- 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: Besźel Triple: [The City & the City, setting, Besźel]
Generated description
Besźel is one of the two overlapping, culturally distinct Eastern European-style cities in China Miéville’s novel "The City & the City," known for its strict separation from its twin city Ul Qoma.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Besźel Target entity description: Besźel is one of the two overlapping, culturally distinct Eastern European-style cities in China Miéville’s novel "The City & the City," known for its strict separation from its twin city Ul Qoma.
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A.
Sadowie
Sadowie is a village and the seat of a rural administrative district in south-eastern Poland.
-
B.
Walporzheim
Walporzheim is a renowned wine-producing village in Germany’s Ahr Valley, noted especially for its high-quality Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) wines.
-
C.
Ustilago
Ustilago is a genus of parasitic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal and grass crops, notably corn smut.
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D.
Bisztynek
Bisztynek is a small historic town in northern Poland, located in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and known for its traditional architecture and regional cultural heritage.
-
E.
Borzna
Borzna is a historic town in northern Ukraine, known as a former regional center within various administrative divisions over the centuries.
- 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_69e6529dada081909c5b4d65247c6032 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07bd67064081908839a408b0e746e1 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07bde28e848190aaa9c4a06b31bdb6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07bed4c8d8819094fafce7eee69ee7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.