Triple

T37725878

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest	`E939717`	entity
Predicate	notablePhraseParodied	`P52455`	FINISHED
Object	It was a dark and stormy night "It was a dark and stormy night" is the famously overwrought opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel Paul Clifford, widely cited as an example of florid prose and frequently parodied in popular culture.	`E2240075`	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: It was a dark and stormy night | Statement: [Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, notablePhraseParodied, It was a dark and stormy night]

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: It was a dark and stormy night
Triple: [Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, notablePhraseParodied, It was a dark and stormy night]

Generated description

"It was a dark and stormy night" is the famously overwrought opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel *Paul Clifford*, widely cited as an example of florid prose and frequently parodied in popular culture.

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

Target predicate: notablePhraseParodied
Context triple: [Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, notablePhraseParodied, It was a dark and stormy night]

A. notableGag chosen
Indicates that something features a particularly memorable or significant joke, comedic moment, or running gag.
B. notableCatchphraseUser
Indicates that the subject is a person who is notably associated with using a particular catchphrase.
C. satirizedBy
Indicates that the subject is the target or object of satire created or performed by the specified entity.
D. meterParodied
Indicates that one metrical pattern or structure is used in a way that humorously imitates or mocks another metrical pattern.
E. parodies
Indicates that one entity imitates another in an exaggerated or humorous way, often to criticize or comment on the original.
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_69f76edc208c8190bc8b9683f75e1024`	completed	May 3, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_6a037c8efcd4819088c2aeead65d93df`	completed	May 12, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a40d67fc37c8190a83025cf5028a3e6`	completed	June 28, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a40d72edcf08190a395079cd3865bbb`	completed	June 28, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a40d7ed9afc8190bbaf1e4e4162d1d1`	completed	June 28, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
PD	Predicate disambiguation	`batch_6a037a1772e48190ba738c6d11b321e2`	completed	May 12, 2026, 7:05 p.m.

Created at: May 3, 2026, 4:18 p.m.