Triple

T27920646

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bardo Thodol	`E706193`	entity
Predicate	hasNotableTranslator	`P153486`	FINISHED
Object	Walter Evans-Wentz Walter Evans-Wentz was an American anthropologist and folklorist best known for popularizing Tibetan Buddhism in the West through his influential early English edition of the so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead."	`E1794297`	NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Walter Evans-Wentz | Statement: [Bardo Thodol, hasNotableTranslator, Walter Evans-Wentz]

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: Walter Evans-Wentz
Triple: [Bardo Thodol, hasNotableTranslator, Walter Evans-Wentz]

Generated description

Walter Evans-Wentz was an American anthropologist and folklorist best known for popularizing Tibetan Buddhism in the West through his influential early English edition of the so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead."

PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target predicate: hasNotableTranslator
Context triple: [Bardo Thodol, hasNotableTranslator, Walter Evans-Wentz]

A. notableEnglishTranslator
Indicates that one entity is a notable translator who has translated works into English or is recognized for English translation.
B. hasWorkTranslatedBy chosen
Indicates that a work has been rendered into another language or form by a specific translator.
C. hasTranslation
Indicates that one entity is a translation or translated version of another entity in a different language.
D. hasWorkTranslatedInto
Indicates that a work has been translated into a specified language or target work.
E. hasInfluentialTranslation
Indicates that an entity has a translation which has significantly shaped, spread, or impacted the understanding or reception of the original work.
F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ef96b6cc808190aab19fb18b235f4b`	completed	April 27, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69fedfd913f48190bdcd450980868d9a`	completed	May 9, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a130375429c8190b376cee7d534ff23`	completed	May 24, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a1303fd53888190856a4b6e2b5f5dd5`	completed	May 24, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a1304b2a0c481909283b9cafea6b075`	completed	May 24, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
PD	Predicate disambiguation	`batch_69fedf58c6e88190821a7156054c9086`	completed	May 9, 2026, 7:16 a.m.

Created at: April 27, 2026, 6:56 p.m.