Triple

T1835532
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gregory Benford E41056 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
E207196 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: Across the Sea of Suns | Statement: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Across the Sea of Suns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Across the Sea of Suns
Context triple: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Across the Sea of Suns]
  • A. In the Ocean of Night
    "In the Ocean of Night" is a 1977 hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that blends astrophysics, alien contact, and cosmic-scale mystery as part of his larger Galactic Center series.
  • B. Tables of the Sun
    Tables of the Sun is an astronomical reference work by Simon Newcomb that provides highly accurate solar ephemerides used for celestial navigation and scientific calculations.
  • C. The Eternal Sea
    The Eternal Sea is a 1955 American war drama film starring Sterling Hayden as a determined naval officer coping with the loss of his leg during World War II.
  • D. Tongue of the Ocean
    Tongue of the Ocean is a deep, U-shaped submarine trench in the Bahamas known for its steep walls, great depth, and use as a site for underwater acoustic research.
  • E. People of the Sun
    "People of the Sun" is a politically charged rap metal song by Rage Against the Machine that addresses the struggles and resistance of indigenous peoples, particularly in Mexico.
  • 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: Across the Sea of Suns
Triple: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Across the Sea of Suns]
Generated description
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Across the Sea of Suns
Target entity description: Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
  • A. In the Ocean of Night
    "In the Ocean of Night" is a 1977 hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that blends astrophysics, alien contact, and cosmic-scale mystery as part of his larger Galactic Center series.
  • B. Tables of the Sun
    Tables of the Sun is an astronomical reference work by Simon Newcomb that provides highly accurate solar ephemerides used for celestial navigation and scientific calculations.
  • C. The Eternal Sea
    The Eternal Sea is a 1955 American war drama film starring Sterling Hayden as a determined naval officer coping with the loss of his leg during World War II.
  • D. Tongue of the Ocean
    Tongue of the Ocean is a deep, U-shaped submarine trench in the Bahamas known for its steep walls, great depth, and use as a site for underwater acoustic research.
  • E. People of the Sun
    "People of the Sun" is a politically charged rap metal song by Rage Against the Machine that addresses the struggles and resistance of indigenous peoples, particularly in Mexico.
  • 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb026aa7c8190bc988d3ee0fd9f41 completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69add1c23f9c81909b7d524448351060 completed March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add246f1a88190b3e14d1e45f5d433 completed March 8, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add2afe284819083723ccaa2219222 completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.