Triple

T23045925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Graham E573876 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object essay "What You Can't Say"
"What You Can't Say" is an influential essay by programmer and venture capitalist Paul Graham that explores social taboos, heresy, and how to identify unfashionable truths in order to think more independently.
E1567783 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: essay "What You Can't Say" | Statement: [Paul Graham, notableWork, essay "What You Can't Say"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "What You Can't Say"
Context triple: [Paul Graham, notableWork, essay "What You Can't Say"]
  • A. Can’t Say
    "Can’t Say" is a moody, trap-influenced hip-hop track by Don Toliver that gained widespread attention through its inclusion on Travis Scott’s album "Astroworld."
  • B. On Saying That
    "On Saying That" is a philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of meaning and truth-conditional semantics, particularly through an analysis of indirect discourse and quotation.
  • C. Do I Have to Say the Words?
    "Do I Have to Say the Words?" is a power ballad by Bryan Adams, released as a single from his 1991 album "Waking Up the Neighbours."
  • D. Something to Say
    "Something to Say" is a song featured on the album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
  • E. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
    "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" is a 1985 pop song by Hall & Oates known for its smooth, soulful style and emotional lyrics about restraint in relationships.
  • 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: essay "What You Can't Say"
Triple: [Paul Graham, notableWork, essay "What You Can't Say"]
Generated description
"What You Can't Say" is an influential essay by programmer and venture capitalist Paul Graham that explores social taboos, heresy, and how to identify unfashionable truths in order to think more independently.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "What You Can't Say"
Target entity description: "What You Can't Say" is an influential essay by programmer and venture capitalist Paul Graham that explores social taboos, heresy, and how to identify unfashionable truths in order to think more independently.
  • A. Can’t Say
    "Can’t Say" is a moody, trap-influenced hip-hop track by Don Toliver that gained widespread attention through its inclusion on Travis Scott’s album "Astroworld."
  • B. On Saying That
    "On Saying That" is a philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of meaning and truth-conditional semantics, particularly through an analysis of indirect discourse and quotation.
  • C. Do I Have to Say the Words?
    "Do I Have to Say the Words?" is a power ballad by Bryan Adams, released as a single from his 1991 album "Waking Up the Neighbours."
  • D. Something to Say
    "Something to Say" is a song featured on the album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
  • E. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
    "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" is a 1985 pop song by Hall & Oates known for its smooth, soulful style and emotional lyrics about restraint in relationships.
  • 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_69e245b9c11481909d06c872214d21af completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f185192754819093a87d23371e7bbc completed April 29, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c0ada60608190990d6ab5b6366c35 completed May 19, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c0bc891e88190879f2609a178ca70 completed May 19, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c0c465a58819098012ea25933b890 completed May 19, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:54 p.m.