Triple

T1818075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robots and Empire E40479 entity
Predicate coverArtist P184 FINISHED
Object Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)
Michael Whelan (US first edition cover) is the American science fiction and fantasy artist who created the original U.S. first edition cover art for Isaac Asimov’s novel "Robots and Empire."
 E204926 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: Michael Whelan (US first edition cover) | Statement: [Robots and Empire, coverArtist, Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)
Context triple: [Robots and Empire, coverArtist, Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)]
  • A. Sam Wheeler
    Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
  • B. David Marks
    David Marks was a British architect best known as the co-designer of the London Eye and other major public structures.
  • C. Owen Jones
    Owen Jones was a prominent 19th-century British architect and design theorist best known for his influential work "The Grammar of Ornament" and his role in shaping Victorian decorative arts.
  • D. Paul J. Smith
    Paul J. Smith was an American composer and arranger best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated films and shorts in the mid-20th century.
  • E. David Clowes
    David Clowes is a British businessman best known for rescuing and owning Derby County Football Club through his company Clowes Developments.
  • 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: Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)
Triple: [Robots and Empire, coverArtist, Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)]
Generated description
Michael Whelan (US first edition cover) is the American science fiction and fantasy artist who created the original U.S. first edition cover art for Isaac Asimov’s novel "Robots and Empire."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Whelan (US first edition cover)
Target entity description: Michael Whelan (US first edition cover) is the American science fiction and fantasy artist who created the original U.S. first edition cover art for Isaac Asimov’s novel "Robots and Empire."
  • A. Sam Wheeler
    Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
  • B. David Marks
    David Marks was a British architect best known as the co-designer of the London Eye and other major public structures.
  • C. Owen Jones
    Owen Jones was a prominent 19th-century British architect and design theorist best known for his influential work "The Grammar of Ornament" and his role in shaping Victorian decorative arts.
  • D. Paul J. Smith
    Paul J. Smith was an American composer and arranger best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated films and shorts in the mid-20th century.
  • E. David Clowes
    David Clowes is a British businessman best known for rescuing and owning Derby County Football Club through his company Clowes Developments.
  • 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa65f8c4e48190925aec9916dd6c30 completed March 6, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf6019bc81909266b7f03b282f34 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc3557d988190ae04df41e81bc842 completed March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc3fadd08819090f9eedb4688cd4a completed March 8, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.