Triple
T1835544
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gregory Benford |
E41056
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Arthur C. Clarke |
E19440
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Arthur C. Clarke | Statement: [Gregory Benford, influencedBy, Arthur C. Clarke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur C. Clarke Context triple: [Gregory Benford, influencedBy, Arthur C. Clarke]
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A.
Arthur C. Clarke
chosen
Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist best known for works like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and for popularizing concepts such as geostationary communications satellites.
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B.
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was a prolific American science fiction author and biochemist renowned for works like the Foundation series and his popular science writing.
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C.
Olaf Stapledon
Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and science fiction writer whose visionary cosmic-scale ideas, especially in works like "Star Maker," profoundly influenced later speculative concepts in astronomy and technology.
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D.
John W. Campbell Jr.
John W. Campbell Jr. was a highly influential American science fiction writer and editor, best known for shaping modern science fiction through his long tenure at Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog).
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E.
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein was a pioneering American science fiction author, often called the "dean of science fiction writers," known for influential works like "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69addf45fcd08190a82a4057470eb3ee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.