Triple
T15624154
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Death’s End |
E375637
|
entity |
| Predicate | translator |
P5475
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ken Liu
Ken Liu is a Chinese-American author and translator renowned for his award-winning speculative fiction and for bringing major Chinese science fiction works, including Liu Cixin’s novels, to English-speaking audiences.
|
E1175130
|
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: Ken Liu | Statement: [Death’s End, translator, Ken Liu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Liu Context triple: [Death’s End, translator, Ken Liu]
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A.
Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang is an acclaimed American science fiction writer known for his philosophically rich, meticulously crafted short stories and novellas, including the story that inspired the film "Arrival."
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B.
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin is a renowned Chinese science fiction author best known internationally for his Hugo Award–winning novel "The Three-Body Problem" and its sequels in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.
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C.
Charlie Anders
Charlie Anders is a central character in the Canadian drama series "Northern Rescue," portrayed as a resilient and caring member of the West family’s close-knit community.
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D.
Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his cyberpunk, space opera, and shared-universe work, including contributions to the Wild Cards series.
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E.
Greg Egan
Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author renowned for his hard science, mathematically rigorous stories exploring consciousness, identity, and the nature of reality.
- 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: Ken Liu Triple: [Death’s End, translator, Ken Liu]
Generated description
Ken Liu is a Chinese-American author and translator renowned for his award-winning speculative fiction and for bringing major Chinese science fiction works, including Liu Cixin’s novels, to English-speaking audiences.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Liu Target entity description: Ken Liu is a Chinese-American author and translator renowned for his award-winning speculative fiction and for bringing major Chinese science fiction works, including Liu Cixin’s novels, to English-speaking audiences.
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A.
Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang is an acclaimed American science fiction writer known for his philosophically rich, meticulously crafted short stories and novellas, including the story that inspired the film "Arrival."
-
B.
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin is a renowned Chinese science fiction author best known internationally for his Hugo Award–winning novel "The Three-Body Problem" and its sequels in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.
-
C.
Charlie Anders
Charlie Anders is a central character in the Canadian drama series "Northern Rescue," portrayed as a resilient and caring member of the West family’s close-knit community.
-
D.
Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his cyberpunk, space opera, and shared-universe work, including contributions to the Wild Cards series.
-
E.
Greg Egan
Greg Egan is an Australian science fiction author renowned for his hard science, mathematically rigorous stories exploring consciousness, identity, and the nature of reality.
- 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_69d85ccf2794819096cda4cbcb02d478 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04e9cfd94819091459aa17a002eaf |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff875e49748190a2a4aceb649762b4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff88c66cfc8190bb5a60a6680e16c6 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff8948cc68819085c3953226236394 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.