Triple

T143964
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pale Blue Dot E2911 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Carl Sagan bibliography
The Carl Sagan bibliography is the collected body of written works by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, including his popular science books, academic publications, and related writings.
 E93 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: Carl Sagan bibliography | Statement: [Pale Blue Dot, partOf, Carl Sagan bibliography]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Sagan bibliography
Context triple: [Pale Blue Dot, partOf, Carl Sagan bibliography]
  • A. Carl Sagan
    Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
  • B. The Lives of the Planets
    "The Lives of the Planets" is an episode of Carl Sagan’s landmark science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origins, evolution, and diverse characteristics of the planets in our solar system.
  • C. The Demon-Haunted World
    The Demon-Haunted World is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that champions critical thinking and the scientific method as antidotes to superstition and pseudoscience.
  • D. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • E. The Lives of the Stars
    "The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
  • 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: Carl Sagan bibliography
Triple: [Pale Blue Dot, partOf, Carl Sagan bibliography]
Generated description
The Carl Sagan bibliography is the collected body of written works by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, including his popular science books, academic publications, and related writings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Sagan bibliography
Target entity description: The Carl Sagan bibliography is the collected body of written works by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, including his popular science books, academic publications, and related writings.
  • A. Carl Sagan chosen
    Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
  • B. The Lives of the Planets
    "The Lives of the Planets" is an episode of Carl Sagan’s landmark science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origins, evolution, and diverse characteristics of the planets in our solar system.
  • C. The Demon-Haunted World
    The Demon-Haunted World is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that champions critical thinking and the scientific method as antidotes to superstition and pseudoscience.
  • D. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • E. The Lives of the Stars
    "The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
  • F. None of above.

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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2c1179c6c8190a118c6f4ef8d555e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c1c769f08190b0a8b372e13fc5de completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.