Triple

T19583603
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Methuselah’s Children E490054 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Andrew Jackson Libby
Andrew Jackson Libby is a central character in Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction, known as a brilliant mathematician and space navigator who plays a key role in the novel "Methuselah’s Children."
E1385777 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: Andrew Jackson Libby | Statement: [Methuselah’s Children, mainCharacter, Andrew Jackson Libby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Jackson Libby
Context triple: [Methuselah’s Children, mainCharacter, Andrew Jackson Libby]
  • A. William Jackson
    William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
  • B. Charles Evans
    Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon best known for his leadership roles in major Himalayan expeditions during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Charles Evans
    Charles Evans was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
  • D. James Madison Dukes
    The James Madison Dukes are the athletic teams representing James Madison University, competing in NCAA Division I across multiple sports.
  • E. James Madison Harvey
    James Madison Harvey was an American Civil War officer and Republican politician who served as the fifth governor of Kansas and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • 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: Andrew Jackson Libby
Triple: [Methuselah’s Children, mainCharacter, Andrew Jackson Libby]
Generated description
Andrew Jackson Libby is a central character in Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction, known as a brilliant mathematician and space navigator who plays a key role in the novel "Methuselah’s Children."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Jackson Libby
Target entity description: Andrew Jackson Libby is a central character in Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction, known as a brilliant mathematician and space navigator who plays a key role in the novel "Methuselah’s Children."
  • A. William Jackson
    William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
  • B. Charles Evans
    Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon best known for his leadership roles in major Himalayan expeditions during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Charles Evans
    Charles Evans was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
  • D. James Madison Dukes
    The James Madison Dukes are the athletic teams representing James Madison University, competing in NCAA Division I across multiple sports.
  • E. James Madison Harvey
    James Madison Harvey was an American Civil War officer and Republican politician who served as the fifth governor of Kansas and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6404f34b081908aeb9cc9a5ddf539 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f0f48b88190874f8cada3ed053d completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07601bb12c81909faab959182b1863 completed May 15, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07613541688190821fd97e069691a5 completed May 15, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.