Triple

T147449
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert George Wells E3360 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist best known for works like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and for popularizing concepts such as geostationary communications satellites.
E19440 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: Arthur C. Clarke | Statement: [Herbert George Wells, influenced, Arthur C. Clarke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur C. Clarke
Context triple: [Herbert George Wells, influenced, Arthur C. Clarke]
  • A. Isaac Asimov
    Isaac Asimov was a prolific American science fiction author and biochemist renowned for works like the Foundation series and his popular science writing.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Philip Vian
    Philip Vian was a distinguished British Royal Navy admiral known for his aggressive leadership in destroyer actions and key naval engagements during the Second World War.
  • D. Herbert George Wells
    Herbert George Wells was an English writer best known as a pioneer of science fiction, authoring classics such as "The War of the Worlds," "The Time Machine," and "The Invisible Man."
  • E. Richard Bolt
    Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
  • 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: Arthur C. Clarke
Triple: [Herbert George Wells, influenced, Arthur C. Clarke]
Generated description
Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist best known for works like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and for popularizing concepts such as geostationary communications satellites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur C. Clarke
Target entity description: Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist best known for works like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and for popularizing concepts such as geostationary communications satellites.
  • A. Isaac Asimov
    Isaac Asimov was a prolific American science fiction author and biochemist renowned for works like the Foundation series and his popular science writing.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Philip Vian
    Philip Vian was a distinguished British Royal Navy admiral known for his aggressive leadership in destroyer actions and key naval engagements during the Second World War.
  • D. Herbert George Wells
    Herbert George Wells was an English writer best known as a pioneer of science fiction, authoring classics such as "The War of the Worlds," "The Time Machine," and "The Invisible Man."
  • E. Richard Bolt
    Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
  • 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257eba6188190a3cf99c91bf3038f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2d0c4cae881909e954f12d5bb9672 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2d180ce20819087083946a8c1bd08 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2d25066548190ad8913bbe11d82ee completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.