Triple
T16035669
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Dispossessed |
E388963
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shevek
Shevek is a brilliant physicist and philosophical anarchist from Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel *The Dispossessed*, whose life and work explore the tensions between freedom, society, and revolutionary change.
|
E1190635
|
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: Shevek | Statement: [The Dispossessed, mainCharacter, Shevek]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shevek Context triple: [The Dispossessed, mainCharacter, Shevek]
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A.
Babel-17
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
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B.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
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C.
Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks that introduces his acclaimed Culture series, depicting a vast interstellar conflict between a post-scarcity utopian civilization and its enemies.
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D.
The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
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E.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
- 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: Shevek Triple: [The Dispossessed, mainCharacter, Shevek]
Generated description
Shevek is a brilliant physicist and philosophical anarchist from Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel *The Dispossessed*, whose life and work explore the tensions between freedom, society, and revolutionary change.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shevek Target entity description: Shevek is a brilliant physicist and philosophical anarchist from Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel *The Dispossessed*, whose life and work explore the tensions between freedom, society, and revolutionary change.
-
A.
Babel-17
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
-
B.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
-
C.
Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks that introduces his acclaimed Culture series, depicting a vast interstellar conflict between a post-scarcity utopian civilization and its enemies.
-
D.
The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
-
E.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
- 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e1833b84608190887dafda5d081dc0 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffdbd3a1248190ad055892cebde5f0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffdc5fd30c8190aaf66482f24285b4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffdd0392e08190af42a0cdc5dd4c1f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.