Triple
T23535999
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brian Selznick |
E576700
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Houdini Box
The Houdini Box is a children's picture book by Brian Selznick that blends illustration and text to tell a magical, historically inspired story about a boy obsessed with the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini.
|
E1591855
|
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: The Houdini Box | Statement: [Brian Selznick, notableWork, The Houdini Box]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Houdini Box Context triple: [Brian Selznick, notableWork, The Houdini Box]
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A.
Houdini's Great Escape
Houdini's Great Escape is a haunted-house–themed illusion ride at Six Flags Great Adventure that combines theatrical effects with motion-simulation to create a disorienting escape-room experience.
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B.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a 1951 British biographical drama film about cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, featuring Glynis Johns among its notable cast.
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C.
“Houdini”
"Houdini" is a 2023 dance-pop single by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, noted for its disco-inspired production and confident, escapist lyrics.
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D.
Lemarchand's Box
Lemarchand's Box is a fictional puzzle box from the Hellraiser franchise that serves as a gateway to another dimension, summoning the Cenobites when solved.
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E.
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist is a 1982 coming-of-age mystery film about a young aspiring magician who becomes entangled in crime and corruption while trying to prove himself.
- 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: The Houdini Box Triple: [Brian Selznick, notableWork, The Houdini Box]
Generated description
The Houdini Box is a children's picture book by Brian Selznick that blends illustration and text to tell a magical, historically inspired story about a boy obsessed with the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Houdini Box Target entity description: The Houdini Box is a children's picture book by Brian Selznick that blends illustration and text to tell a magical, historically inspired story about a boy obsessed with the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini.
-
A.
Houdini's Great Escape
Houdini's Great Escape is a haunted-house–themed illusion ride at Six Flags Great Adventure that combines theatrical effects with motion-simulation to create a disorienting escape-room experience.
-
B.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a 1951 British biographical drama film about cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, featuring Glynis Johns among its notable cast.
-
C.
“Houdini”
"Houdini" is a 2023 dance-pop single by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, noted for its disco-inspired production and confident, escapist lyrics.
-
D.
Lemarchand's Box
Lemarchand's Box is a fictional puzzle box from the Hellraiser franchise that serves as a gateway to another dimension, summoning the Cenobites when solved.
-
E.
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist is a 1982 coming-of-age mystery film about a young aspiring magician who becomes entangled in crime and corruption while trying to prove himself.
- 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_69e245f5a8848190a2ba42e271c6c31f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1ae1738bc81909a7b761ddbaa1883 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0cdf57c8088190bd78e9e6b99ddb46 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0ce35a16a08190969f6811be7e471c |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0ce4d4321c8190af0fe04f728c4f67 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:10 p.m.