Triple

T20979193
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugh Kenner E516705 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians
"Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians" is a critical study by literary scholar Hugh Kenner that examines the stylistic innovations and philosophical underpinnings of three major modernist writers—Gustave Flaubert, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett.
E1460610 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: Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians | Statement: [Hugh Kenner, notableWork, Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians
Context triple: [Hugh Kenner, notableWork, Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians]
  • A. The Art of Fiction
    The Art of Fiction is John Gardner’s influential craft book that offers practical guidance and philosophical insight into the techniques and responsibilities of writing literary fiction.
  • B. The Theory of the Novel
    The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
  • C. The Pleasure of the Text
    The Pleasure of the Text is a seminal 1973 work of literary theory by Roland Barthes that explores the erotic, playful, and subjective dimensions of reading and textual enjoyment.
  • D. Joyce’s Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegans Wake
    Joyce’s Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegans Wake is a philosophical and literary study by Philip Kitcher that offers an accessible guide to understanding and appreciating James Joyce’s notoriously complex novel Finnegans Wake.
  • E. Samuel Beckett’s trilogy
    Samuel Beckett’s trilogy is a landmark sequence of three modernist novels—Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—known for their bleak humor, experimental style, and exploration of identity and existence.
  • 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: Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians
Triple: [Hugh Kenner, notableWork, Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians]
Generated description
"Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians" is a critical study by literary scholar Hugh Kenner that examines the stylistic innovations and philosophical underpinnings of three major modernist writers—Gustave Flaubert, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians
Target entity description: "Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians" is a critical study by literary scholar Hugh Kenner that examines the stylistic innovations and philosophical underpinnings of three major modernist writers—Gustave Flaubert, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett.
  • A. The Art of Fiction
    The Art of Fiction is John Gardner’s influential craft book that offers practical guidance and philosophical insight into the techniques and responsibilities of writing literary fiction.
  • B. The Theory of the Novel
    The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
  • C. The Pleasure of the Text
    The Pleasure of the Text is a seminal 1973 work of literary theory by Roland Barthes that explores the erotic, playful, and subjective dimensions of reading and textual enjoyment.
  • D. Joyce’s Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegans Wake
    Joyce’s Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegans Wake is a philosophical and literary study by Philip Kitcher that offers an accessible guide to understanding and appreciating James Joyce’s notoriously complex novel Finnegans Wake.
  • E. Samuel Beckett’s trilogy
    Samuel Beckett’s trilogy is a landmark sequence of three modernist novels—Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—known for their bleak humor, experimental style, and exploration of identity and existence.
  • 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_69e0b4fee5ac8190875fa9ceba1a5e5e completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fbdc6ca08190919717f4328c7a0d completed April 21, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a092fc0baf88190ae0b911008043e68 completed May 17, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0930a5cffc8190a7d1cc19e5cacf49 completed May 17, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a093133c77c8190a9e0326980c7717f completed May 17, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:47 p.m.