Triple
T12189916
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Magrathean planet-building industry |
E290433
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedConcept |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is the mysterious, never-fully-revealed query at the heart of Douglas Adams’ "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy," whose answer is famously given as the number 42.
|
E964768
|
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 Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything | Statement: [Magrathean planet-building industry, relatedConcept, The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything Context triple: [Magrathean planet-building industry, relatedConcept, The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything]
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A.
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
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B.
Deep Thought
Deep Thought was an early IBM-developed chess computer that became famous for competing at a grandmaster level, including high-profile matches against world champion Garry Kasparov.
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C.
The Answer to Everything
"The Answer to Everything" is a pop song written by Del Shannon and recorded by several artists in the early 1960s, noted for its melodramatic, romantic lyrics and classic pre-Beatles sound.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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E.
The Hitch-Hiker
"The Hitch-Hiker" is a classic early episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its eerie tale of a woman pursued by a mysterious, seemingly omnipresent hitchhiker.
- 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 Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything Triple: [Magrathean planet-building industry, relatedConcept, The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything]
Generated description
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is the mysterious, never-fully-revealed query at the heart of Douglas Adams’ "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy," whose answer is famously given as the number 42.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything Target entity description: The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is the mysterious, never-fully-revealed query at the heart of Douglas Adams’ "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy," whose answer is famously given as the number 42.
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A.
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
-
B.
Deep Thought
Deep Thought was an early IBM-developed chess computer that became famous for competing at a grandmaster level, including high-profile matches against world champion Garry Kasparov.
-
C.
The Answer to Everything
"The Answer to Everything" is a pop song written by Del Shannon and recorded by several artists in the early 1960s, noted for its melodramatic, romantic lyrics and classic pre-Beatles sound.
-
D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
-
E.
The Hitch-Hiker
"The Hitch-Hiker" is a classic early episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its eerie tale of a woman pursued by a mysterious, seemingly omnipresent hitchhiker.
- 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_69d6ab64de5881908d56eb7a75c6cc69 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91c5340248190b79379423f3a3ca1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f6b240f88190af916054869c3b95 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f5ff826ea08190a6780351e4b927ac |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6018b4088819092b8b97089068fae |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.