Triple

T9607206
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Rankin E232000 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Song for the Dark Times
A Song for the Dark Times is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, set against contemporary social unrest and exploring themes of aging, justice, and personal loyalty.
E809972 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: A Song for the Dark Times | Statement: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, A Song for the Dark Times]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Song for the Dark Times
Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, A Song for the Dark Times]
  • A. After the Dark
    After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
  • B. A Light in the Dark
    "A Light in the Dark" is a song performed by musician Dan Goodman, likely featuring reflective lyrics and melodic instrumentation.
  • C. The Dark at the End
    The Dark at the End is a horror-thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson that serves as a climactic installment in his long-running Repairman Jack/Adversary Cycle series.
  • D. Lest Darkness Fall
    Lest Darkness Fall is a classic alternate history science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp in which a modern archaeologist is transported to the late Roman Empire and attempts to prevent the onset of the Dark Ages.
  • E. Full Dark, No Stars
    Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four novellas by Stephen King that explore themes of revenge, guilt, and the darker sides of human nature.
  • 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: A Song for the Dark Times
Triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, A Song for the Dark Times]
Generated description
A Song for the Dark Times is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, set against contemporary social unrest and exploring themes of aging, justice, and personal loyalty.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Song for the Dark Times
Target entity description: A Song for the Dark Times is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, set against contemporary social unrest and exploring themes of aging, justice, and personal loyalty.
  • A. After the Dark
    After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
  • B. A Light in the Dark
    "A Light in the Dark" is a song performed by musician Dan Goodman, likely featuring reflective lyrics and melodic instrumentation.
  • C. The Dark at the End
    The Dark at the End is a horror-thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson that serves as a climactic installment in his long-running Repairman Jack/Adversary Cycle series.
  • D. Lest Darkness Fall
    Lest Darkness Fall is a classic alternate history science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp in which a modern archaeologist is transported to the late Roman Empire and attempts to prevent the onset of the Dark Ages.
  • E. Full Dark, No Stars
    Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four novellas by Stephen King that explore themes of revenge, guilt, and the darker sides of human nature.
  • 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.