Triple

T11636567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gollancz E276533 entity
Predicate hasPublishedAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object Neal Asher
Neal Asher is a British science fiction author best known for his fast-paced, technology-rich space opera novels, particularly the Polity series.
E940070 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: Neal Asher | Statement: [Gollancz, hasPublishedAuthor, Neal Asher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neal Asher
Context triple: [Gollancz, hasPublishedAuthor, Neal Asher]
  • A. Alastair Reynolds
    Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
  • B. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
  • C. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
  • D. Charles Stross
    Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
  • E. Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
  • 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: Neal Asher
Triple: [Gollancz, hasPublishedAuthor, Neal Asher]
Generated description
Neal Asher is a British science fiction author best known for his fast-paced, technology-rich space opera novels, particularly the Polity series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neal Asher
Target entity description: Neal Asher is a British science fiction author best known for his fast-paced, technology-rich space opera novels, particularly the Polity series.
  • A. Alastair Reynolds
    Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
  • B. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
  • C. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
  • D. Charles Stross
    Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
  • E. Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
  • 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_69d6aafa51148190ab84940694c00235 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a25d80208190b33e95db2e7cc276 completed April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef137087248190bb6c196bc94eb0f6 completed April 27, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef354b3b3c8190b1c91dbf9c705a7d completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef5170ce9881908f2ecf3d5ada809a completed April 27, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.