Triple

T12296643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben Bova E293103 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Bova
Bova is a surname most notably associated with American science fiction author and editor Ben Bova.
 E976255 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: Bova | Statement: [Ben Bova, familyName, Bova]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bova
Context triple: [Ben Bova, familyName, Bova]
  • A. Veroli
    Veroli is a historic hill town in central Italy’s Lazio region, known for its medieval architecture and ancient roots dating back to the Hernici people.
  • B. Moltrasio
    Moltrasio is a picturesque lakeside town on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy, known for its historic villas and scenic views.
  • C. Vizzavona
    Vizzavona is a small mountain village and forested pass area in central Corsica, known as a key stop for hikers on the island’s famous GR20 trail.
  • D. Ventotene
    Ventotene is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, historically known as a place of confinement for political prisoners and as the birthplace of key ideas behind European integration.
  • E. Panarea
    Panarea is a small, picturesque volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, renowned for its clear waters, upscale tourism, and position within Italy’s Aeolian archipelago north of Sicily.
  • 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: Bova
Triple: [Ben Bova, familyName, Bova]
Generated description
Bova is a surname most notably associated with American science fiction author and editor Ben Bova.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bova
Target entity description: Bova is a surname most notably associated with American science fiction author and editor Ben Bova.
  • A. Veroli
    Veroli is a historic hill town in central Italy’s Lazio region, known for its medieval architecture and ancient roots dating back to the Hernici people.
  • B. Moltrasio
    Moltrasio is a picturesque lakeside town on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy, known for its historic villas and scenic views.
  • C. Vizzavona
    Vizzavona is a small mountain village and forested pass area in central Corsica, known as a key stop for hikers on the island’s famous GR20 trail.
  • D. Ventotene
    Ventotene is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, historically known as a place of confinement for political prisoners and as the birthplace of key ideas behind European integration.
  • E. Panarea
    Panarea is a small, picturesque volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, renowned for its clear waters, upscale tourism, and position within Italy’s Aeolian archipelago north of Sicily.
  • 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_69d6ab690ad081908c0ed3870ec82d53 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93ed903808190b7ed90e0db3d7586 completed April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e7b88d08190a195a294a7fbd168 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f620759f348190baa9af5b33d4e37f completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f624bf23948190b182e4c31564d210 completed May 2, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.