Triple

T8506373
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William De Morgan E201342 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age
The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age is a late Victorian/Edwardian novel by British artist-turned-novelist William De Morgan, known for its reflective, character-driven exploration of aging, memory, and second chances.
E738375 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 Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age | Statement: [William De Morgan, notableWork, The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age
Context triple: [William De Morgan, notableWork, The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age]
  • A. Of Youth and Age
    "Of Youth and Age" is a short philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that contrasts the strengths and weaknesses of youth and old age in matters of judgment, action, and leadership.
  • B. The Old People
    "The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
  • C. A Young Man’s Passage
    A Young Man’s Passage is a memoir by British comedian and entertainer Julian Clary, recounting his early life, career, and personal experiences with characteristic wit and candor.
  • D. The Old Man
    The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
  • E. The Young Man
    The Young Man is a central, unnamed character often portrayed as a youthful, impressionable figure whose experiences and development drive the narrative’s exploration of identity and coming of age.
  • 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 Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age
Triple: [William De Morgan, notableWork, The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age]
Generated description
The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age is a late Victorian/Edwardian novel by British artist-turned-novelist William De Morgan, known for its reflective, character-driven exploration of aging, memory, and second chances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age
Target entity description: The Old Man’s Youth and the Young Man’s Old Age is a late Victorian/Edwardian novel by British artist-turned-novelist William De Morgan, known for its reflective, character-driven exploration of aging, memory, and second chances.
  • A. Of Youth and Age
    "Of Youth and Age" is a short philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that contrasts the strengths and weaknesses of youth and old age in matters of judgment, action, and leadership.
  • B. The Old People
    "The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
  • C. A Young Man’s Passage
    A Young Man’s Passage is a memoir by British comedian and entertainer Julian Clary, recounting his early life, career, and personal experiences with characteristic wit and candor.
  • D. The Old Man
    The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
  • E. The Young Man
    The Young Man is a central, unnamed character often portrayed as a youthful, impressionable figure whose experiences and development drive the narrative’s exploration of identity and coming of age.
  • 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe5db51e4819098dde316e87e8b0d completed March 31, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4e3037e4819090677c7dc607e8f2 completed April 2, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ff9792c81908d76141904a170bc completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce50acae5881908f1d2c0e21dd7f1d completed April 2, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.