Triple
T1067784
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Giuseppe Cocconi |
E23251
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOf |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Searching for Interstellar Communications |
E124727
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Searching for Interstellar Communications | Statement: [Giuseppe Cocconi, authorOf, Searching for Interstellar Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Searching for Interstellar Communications Context triple: [Giuseppe Cocconi, authorOf, Searching for Interstellar Communications]
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A.
Searching for Interstellar Communications
chosen
"Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
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B.
SETI
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
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C.
Arecibo message
The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
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D.
METI
METI (Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is the scientific and philosophical endeavor focused on actively sending intentional signals into space to communicate with potential extraterrestrial civilizations.
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E.
Drake equation
The Drake equation is a probabilistic formula used to estimate the number of technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that might exist in our galaxy.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b911f06881908659cb85ba1e05e0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac4c1fb7948190b08c95e68d3de00e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.