Triple

T20743092
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Less Than One E510493 entity
Predicate containsEssay P27484 FINISHED
Object To Please a Shadow
"To Please a Shadow" is an essay by Joseph Brodsky, included in his collection *Less Than One*, in which he reflects on art, memory, and the moral responsibilities of the writer under totalitarianism.
E1448872 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: To Please a Shadow | Statement: [Less Than One, containsEssay, To Please a Shadow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: To Please a Shadow
Context triple: [Less Than One, containsEssay, To Please a Shadow]
  • A. Delights & Shadows
    Delights & Shadows is a Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry collection by American poet Ted Kooser, celebrated for its clear, understated language and attentive observations of everyday life.
  • B. The Shadow Knows
    "The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
  • C. The Shadow Knows
    The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
  • D. Love’s Shadow
    Love’s Shadow is a Pre-Raphaelite-style painting by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, known for its richly detailed depiction of a contemplative woman and its intense emotional atmosphere.
  • E. Beyond the Shadows
    Beyond the Shadows is the concluding epic fantasy novel in Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy, following assassin Kylar Stern through the series' climactic conflicts.
  • 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: To Please a Shadow
Triple: [Less Than One, containsEssay, To Please a Shadow]
Generated description
"To Please a Shadow" is an essay by Joseph Brodsky, included in his collection *Less Than One*, in which he reflects on art, memory, and the moral responsibilities of the writer under totalitarianism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: To Please a Shadow
Target entity description: "To Please a Shadow" is an essay by Joseph Brodsky, included in his collection *Less Than One*, in which he reflects on art, memory, and the moral responsibilities of the writer under totalitarianism.
  • A. Delights & Shadows
    Delights & Shadows is a Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry collection by American poet Ted Kooser, celebrated for its clear, understated language and attentive observations of everyday life.
  • B. The Shadow Knows
    "The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
  • C. The Shadow Knows
    The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
  • D. Love’s Shadow
    Love’s Shadow is a Pre-Raphaelite-style painting by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, known for its richly detailed depiction of a contemplative woman and its intense emotional atmosphere.
  • E. Beyond the Shadows
    Beyond the Shadows is the concluding epic fantasy novel in Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy, following assassin Kylar Stern through the series' climactic conflicts.
  • 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_69e0b4c845e88190b4c5f3ae79291182 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c210a2c08190bd767df3188bb401 completed April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e83dd7408190b0737cf8fbfd7c11 completed May 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e9317cc0819096319c43c32a1e0e completed May 16, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e9ebe3cc8190b79909df95dc0471 completed May 16, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.