Triple

T17743205
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian W. Aldiss E442916 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Greybeard — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Greybeard | Statement: [Brian W. Aldiss, notableWork, Greybeard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Greybeard
Context triple: [Brian W. Aldiss, notableWork, Greybeard]
  • A. Weni the Elder
    Weni the Elder was a prominent ancient Egyptian official and military commander who served several pharaohs during the Sixth Dynasty, known from his detailed autobiographical tomb inscription.
  • B. Prior Velho
    Prior Velho is a locality in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal, situated near the town of Sacavém and close to Lisbon’s main airport.
  • C. Old Man
    Old Man is the central, allegorical figure in the work "Purgatory," embodying themes of guilt, suffering, and spiritual reckoning.
  • D. Old Man
    "Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
  • E. David Greybeard
    David Greybeard was a wild chimpanzee in Gombe Stream National Park who became famous as one of Jane Goodall’s first and most important study subjects, notably for his early demonstrations of tool use.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Greybeard
Target entity description: Greybeard is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Brian W. Aldiss that explores a future world facing human infertility and societal collapse.
  • A. Weni the Elder
    Weni the Elder was a prominent ancient Egyptian official and military commander who served several pharaohs during the Sixth Dynasty, known from his detailed autobiographical tomb inscription.
  • B. Prior Velho
    Prior Velho is a locality in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal, situated near the town of Sacavém and close to Lisbon’s main airport.
  • C. Old Man
    Old Man is the central, allegorical figure in the work "Purgatory," embodying themes of guilt, suffering, and spiritual reckoning.
  • D. Old Man
    "Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
  • E. David Greybeard
    David Greybeard was a wild chimpanzee in Gombe Stream National Park who became famous as one of Jane Goodall’s first and most important study subjects, notably for his early demonstrations of tool use.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e47ace58988190b927ca29af7a8b77 completed April 19, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:09 a.m.