Triple

T13699843
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Scanner Darkly E328487 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object A Scanner Darkly (novel)
A Scanner Darkly (novel) is a 1977 science fiction work by Philip K. Dick that explores drug addiction, identity fragmentation, and government surveillance through the story of an undercover narcotics agent losing his sense of self.
E1056065 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 Scanner Darkly (novel) | Statement: [A Scanner Darkly, basedOn, A Scanner Darkly (novel)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Scanner Darkly (novel)
Context triple: [A Scanner Darkly, basedOn, A Scanner Darkly (novel)]
  • A. A Scanner Darkly
    A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 animated science fiction thriller film, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel, that explores identity, surveillance, and drug addiction through rotoscope-animated performances including Keanu Reeves.
  • B. Spotless Mind
    "Spotless Mind" is a mellow, introspective R&B track by Jhené Aiko that explores themes of emotional detachment and transient relationships.
  • C. Ubik
    Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
  • D. Altered States
    Altered States is a 1980 science fiction–horror film about a scientist’s hallucinogenic and sensory-deprivation experiments that lead to terrifying psychological and physical transformations.
  • E. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
    The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores altered reality, drug-induced religious experiences, and questions of identity and divinity in a dystopian future.
  • 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 Scanner Darkly (novel)
Triple: [A Scanner Darkly, basedOn, A Scanner Darkly (novel)]
Generated description
A Scanner Darkly (novel) is a 1977 science fiction work by Philip K. Dick that explores drug addiction, identity fragmentation, and government surveillance through the story of an undercover narcotics agent losing his sense of self.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Scanner Darkly (novel)
Target entity description: A Scanner Darkly (novel) is a 1977 science fiction work by Philip K. Dick that explores drug addiction, identity fragmentation, and government surveillance through the story of an undercover narcotics agent losing his sense of self.
  • A. A Scanner Darkly
    A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 animated science fiction thriller film, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel, that explores identity, surveillance, and drug addiction through rotoscope-animated performances including Keanu Reeves.
  • B. Spotless Mind
    "Spotless Mind" is a mellow, introspective R&B track by Jhené Aiko that explores themes of emotional detachment and transient relationships.
  • C. Ubik
    Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
  • D. Altered States
    Altered States is a 1980 science fiction–horror film about a scientist’s hallucinogenic and sensory-deprivation experiments that lead to terrifying psychological and physical transformations.
  • E. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
    The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores altered reality, drug-induced religious experiences, and questions of identity and divinity in a dystopian future.
  • 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_69d8076ff62081908a7bd79889edd7a0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc879adc88190b03f1cf815b71061 completed April 12, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f794559e9c81909ef8a6d9b9f480b3 completed May 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f798aab9c48190acaa78864e89411f completed May 3, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f79943e4f4819098fa82cb6a32e08a completed May 3, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.