Triple

T1835540
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gregory Benford E41056 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Eater
Eater is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious, sentient black hole-like entity.
 E206712 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: Eater | Statement: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Eater]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Eater
Context triple: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Eater]
  • A. Gourmet Ghetto
    Gourmet Ghetto is a renowned Berkeley neighborhood celebrated as a pioneering hub of California cuisine and artisanal food culture.
  • B. Supper
    "Supper" is a critically acclaimed 2003 indie folk album by the American musician Smog (Bill Callahan), noted for its intimate songwriting and sparse, melancholic arrangements.
  • C. Meat Eaters
    "Meat Eaters" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Mammals* that explores the behavior, adaptations, and ecology of carnivorous mammals.
  • D. The Food
    "The Food" is a song, notably by rapper Common featuring Kanye West, known for its soulful production and socially conscious lyrics.
  • E. Krusty Burger
    Krusty Burger is a fictional fast-food restaurant chain in the animated television series "The Simpsons," known for its unhealthy food and clown mascot, Krusty the Clown.
  • 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: Eater
Triple: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Eater]
Generated description
Eater is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious, sentient black hole-like entity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Eater
Target entity description: Eater is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious, sentient black hole-like entity.
  • A. Gourmet Ghetto
    Gourmet Ghetto is a renowned Berkeley neighborhood celebrated as a pioneering hub of California cuisine and artisanal food culture.
  • B. Supper
    "Supper" is a critically acclaimed 2003 indie folk album by the American musician Smog (Bill Callahan), noted for its intimate songwriting and sparse, melancholic arrangements.
  • C. Meat Eaters
    "Meat Eaters" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Mammals* that explores the behavior, adaptations, and ecology of carnivorous mammals.
  • D. The Food
    "The Food" is a song, notably by rapper Common featuring Kanye West, known for its soulful production and socially conscious lyrics.
  • E. Krusty Burger
    Krusty Burger is a fictional fast-food restaurant chain in the animated television series "The Simpsons," known for its unhealthy food and clown mascot, Krusty the Clown.
  • 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_69adc9b4b4f08190a0e5ad50de5c0ba8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcd9359b88190ad312ff0389ff1a6 completed March 8, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adce11558c8190bd8c6341837eb792 completed March 8, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.