Triple
T143896
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carl Sagan |
E2910
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Broca's Brain |
E1641
|
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: Broca's Brain | Statement: [Carl Sagan, notableWork, Broca's Brain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Broca's Brain Context triple: [Carl Sagan, notableWork, Broca's Brain]
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A.
Broca's Brain
chosen
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
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B.
Mostly Harmless
Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final novel in Douglas Adams's comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, continuing the misadventures of Arthur Dent in an absurd and satirical universe.
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C.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" is the fourth comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, following Arthur Dent's return to a mysteriously restored Earth and his romance with the enigmatic Fenchurch.
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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 Dragons of Eden
The Dragons of Eden is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1977 book by Carl Sagan that explores the evolution of human intelligence and the brain through a blend of science, anthropology, and speculative thought.
- 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a257caf678819092e975d5167f9df4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2bf691a848190a4f6e40d9aea2168 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.