Triple

T20043167
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The American Friend E497481 entity
Predicate characterOrigin P34184 FINISHED
Object Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith
The Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith are a series of psychological crime thrillers centered on the charming yet amoral con artist and murderer Tom Ripley.
 E1408420 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: Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith | Statement: [The American Friend, characterOrigin, Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith
Context triple: [The American Friend, characterOrigin, Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith]
  • A. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955 novel)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological crime novel by Patricia Highsmith that follows the charming yet sociopathic Tom Ripley as he becomes entangled in deception, identity theft, and murder among wealthy expatriates in Italy.
  • B. Hannibal Lecter novels
    The Hannibal Lecter novels are a series of psychological horror-thriller books by Thomas Harris centered on the brilliant but cannibalistic psychiatrist and serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
  • C. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 psychological thriller film, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, about a young con artist who becomes dangerously obsessed with assuming another man's identity.
  • D. Psycho (1959 novel)
    Psycho (1959 novel) is Robert Bloch’s influential psychological horror novel that introduced the disturbed motel owner Norman Bates and inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960 film adaptation.
  • E. novel Strangers on a Train (1950)
    Strangers on a Train (1950) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith about two men who meet on a train and become entangled in a deadly murder pact.
  • 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: Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith
Triple: [The American Friend, characterOrigin, Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith]
Generated description
The Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith are a series of psychological crime thrillers centered on the charming yet amoral con artist and murderer Tom Ripley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith
Target entity description: The Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith are a series of psychological crime thrillers centered on the charming yet amoral con artist and murderer Tom Ripley.
  • A. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955 novel)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological crime novel by Patricia Highsmith that follows the charming yet sociopathic Tom Ripley as he becomes entangled in deception, identity theft, and murder among wealthy expatriates in Italy.
  • B. Hannibal Lecter novels
    The Hannibal Lecter novels are a series of psychological horror-thriller books by Thomas Harris centered on the brilliant but cannibalistic psychiatrist and serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
  • C. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 psychological thriller film, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, about a young con artist who becomes dangerously obsessed with assuming another man's identity.
  • D. Psycho (1959 novel)
    Psycho (1959 novel) is Robert Bloch’s influential psychological horror novel that introduced the disturbed motel owner Norman Bates and inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960 film adaptation.
  • E. novel Strangers on a Train (1950)
    Strangers on a Train (1950) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith about two men who meet on a train and become entangled in a deadly murder pact.
  • 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_69da627278c88190babe4297a9df1236 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e662ed59bc8190a9ff25493e500ebb completed April 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0816015e4c8190a65c4713ee9823a6 completed May 16, 2026, 7 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0816c0375c8190b940f3d0d6391b4c completed May 16, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08179df70c81908ea5bc596a8ba756 completed May 16, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:37 p.m.