Triple

T21124948
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Greenblatt E520533 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare is a widely acclaimed biographical and literary study that reconstructs William Shakespeare’s life and explores how his experiences shaped his plays and poems.
 E1468234 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: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare | Statement: [Stephen Greenblatt, notableWork, Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Context triple: [Stephen Greenblatt, notableWork, Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare]
  • A. Shakespeare’s Restless World
    Shakespeare’s Restless World is a cultural history book by Neil MacGregor that explores the life and times of William Shakespeare through a series of objects from the early modern world.
  • B. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
    "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" is a landmark critical study by Harold Bloom that argues Shakespeare fundamentally shaped modern conceptions of human character and consciousness.
  • C. Life of William Shakespeare
    Life of William Shakespeare is a comprehensive biographical study of William Shakespeare written by the English literary scholar Sir Sidney Lee.
  • D. Shakespeare’s Scholar
    Shakespeare’s Scholar is a critical study of William Shakespeare’s works that examines his language, style, and textual interpretation.
  • E. The Singularity of Shakespeare
    The Singularity of Shakespeare is a critical study by scholar Kenneth Muir that examines the unique qualities and enduring significance of William Shakespeare’s works.
  • 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: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Triple: [Stephen Greenblatt, notableWork, Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare]
Generated description
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare is a widely acclaimed biographical and literary study that reconstructs William Shakespeare’s life and explores how his experiences shaped his plays and poems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Target entity description: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare is a widely acclaimed biographical and literary study that reconstructs William Shakespeare’s life and explores how his experiences shaped his plays and poems.
  • A. Shakespeare’s Restless World
    Shakespeare’s Restless World is a cultural history book by Neil MacGregor that explores the life and times of William Shakespeare through a series of objects from the early modern world.
  • B. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
    "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" is a landmark critical study by Harold Bloom that argues Shakespeare fundamentally shaped modern conceptions of human character and consciousness.
  • C. Life of William Shakespeare
    Life of William Shakespeare is a comprehensive biographical study of William Shakespeare written by the English literary scholar Sir Sidney Lee.
  • D. Shakespeare’s Scholar
    Shakespeare’s Scholar is a critical study of William Shakespeare’s works that examines his language, style, and textual interpretation.
  • E. The Singularity of Shakespeare
    The Singularity of Shakespeare is a critical study by scholar Kenneth Muir that examines the unique qualities and enduring significance of William Shakespeare’s works.
  • 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_69e0b50a623881909c0bbaf4f2c055e7 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e72237c1a4819090987c645114d452 completed April 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0965eb985081908e83e65d104e25ee completed May 17, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0966f894d48190b6841c35a9aab417 completed May 17, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a096adfd4248190a26c513278e7b334 completed May 17, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:56 p.m.