Triple
T1578261
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution |
E33702
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald Goldsmith
Donald Goldsmith is an American astronomer, science writer, and popularizer of cosmology known for making complex astrophysical concepts accessible to general audiences.
|
E246397
|
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: Donald Goldsmith | Statement: [Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, author, Donald Goldsmith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Goldsmith Context triple: [Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, author, Donald Goldsmith]
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A.
Jerrald King Goldsmith
Jerrald King Goldsmith was an acclaimed American film and television composer renowned for his innovative and influential scores for movies such as "Planet of the Apes," "Alien," and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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B.
Neil Goldman
Neil Goldman is a recurring nerdy, socially awkward teenage character in the animated TV series "Family Guy," often portrayed as infatuated with Meg Griffin.
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C.
Donald Cargill
Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
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D.
Mort Goldman
Mort Goldman is a neurotic, bespectacled Jewish pharmacist and recurring comic relief character on the animated television series Family Guy.
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E.
Fred T. Goldberg Jr.
Fred T. Goldberg Jr. is an American attorney and former U.S. government official who served as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in the early 1990s.
- 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: Donald Goldsmith Triple: [Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, author, Donald Goldsmith]
Generated description
Donald Goldsmith is an American astronomer, science writer, and popularizer of cosmology known for making complex astrophysical concepts accessible to general audiences.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Goldsmith Target entity description: Donald Goldsmith is an American astronomer, science writer, and popularizer of cosmology known for making complex astrophysical concepts accessible to general audiences.
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A.
Jerrald King Goldsmith
Jerrald King Goldsmith was an acclaimed American film and television composer renowned for his innovative and influential scores for movies such as "Planet of the Apes," "Alien," and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
-
B.
Neil Goldman
Neil Goldman is a recurring nerdy, socially awkward teenage character in the animated TV series "Family Guy," often portrayed as infatuated with Meg Griffin.
-
C.
Donald Cargill
Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
-
D.
Mort Goldman
Mort Goldman is a neurotic, bespectacled Jewish pharmacist and recurring comic relief character on the animated television series Family Guy.
-
E.
Fred T. Goldberg Jr.
Fred T. Goldberg Jr. is an American attorney and former U.S. government official who served as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in the early 1990s.
- 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_69a885f27a4c8190a4622252cdf54c00 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a908d571f081908acec43ff2ef112d |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6adcef5881908cefd7d575b85323 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6b31eccc81908fbcc80f72e65df8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6bd2856c81909033efe74039c258 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.