Triple

T9607184
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Rankin E232000 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Knots and Crosses
Knots and Crosses is a crime novel by Ian Rankin that introduces Edinburgh detective John Rebus and launched the long-running Inspector Rebus series.
E809952 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: Knots and Crosses | Statement: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, Knots and Crosses]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knots and Crosses
Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, Knots and Crosses]
  • A. Kayles
    Kayles is a classic impartial combinatorial game in which players alternately remove one or two adjacent pins from a row, with the goal of making the last move.
  • B. Twixt
    Twixt is a 2011 gothic horror film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, blending supernatural mystery with a meta-narrative about a struggling writer.
  • C. Checkers
    Checkers is a classic two-player board game in which opponents move diagonal pieces to capture or block each other, aiming to remove all of the opponent’s pieces.
  • D. Tentyris
    Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.
  • E. Kalah
    Kalah is the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a major archaeological site in modern-day Iraq that served as a prominent capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
  • 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: Knots and Crosses
Triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, Knots and Crosses]
Generated description
Knots and Crosses is a crime novel by Ian Rankin that introduces Edinburgh detective John Rebus and launched the long-running Inspector Rebus series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knots and Crosses
Target entity description: Knots and Crosses is a crime novel by Ian Rankin that introduces Edinburgh detective John Rebus and launched the long-running Inspector Rebus series.
  • A. Kayles
    Kayles is a classic impartial combinatorial game in which players alternately remove one or two adjacent pins from a row, with the goal of making the last move.
  • B. Twixt
    Twixt is a 2011 gothic horror film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, blending supernatural mystery with a meta-narrative about a struggling writer.
  • C. Checkers
    Checkers is a classic two-player board game in which opponents move diagonal pieces to capture or block each other, aiming to remove all of the opponent’s pieces.
  • D. Tentyris
    Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.
  • E. Kalah
    Kalah is the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a major archaeological site in modern-day Iraq that served as a prominent capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
  • 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_69ca8485a90c819094fe40b42fde9d70 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a62372881908bf21be91e7285fb completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d17942504481908e7147a0f56bdf96 completed April 4, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d17a27596081909c6a2ec486480ce1 completed April 4, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17af1d1b48190b6f8350edfa4f5ef completed April 4, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:08 p.m.