Triple

T20110860
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Waugh E490324 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Time: From Microseconds to Millennia
"Time: From Microseconds to Millennia" is a popular science book by Alexander Waugh that explores the nature, measurement, and perception of time across vastly different scales.
E1411739 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: Time: From Microseconds to Millennia | Statement: [Alexander Waugh, notableWork, Time: From Microseconds to Millennia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Time: From Microseconds to Millennia
Context triple: [Alexander Waugh, notableWork, Time: From Microseconds to Millennia]
  • A. Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing
    "Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing" is a forward-looking book, co-edited by computer pioneer Gordon Bell, that explores potential technological and societal impacts of computing over the coming decades.
  • B. Clock of the Long Now
    The Clock of the Long Now is a monumental mechanical timepiece designed to keep time for 10,000 years, intended to promote long-term thinking and responsibility for the future.
  • C. The Universal Computer
    The Universal Computer is a book by mathematician and logician Martin Davis that traces the history and development of the concept of computation and the universal Turing machine.
  • D. The Interval at Long Now
    The Interval at Long Now is a bar, café, and event space in San Francisco that serves as a public gathering place and salon for the Long Now Foundation’s long-term thinking projects and ideas.
  • E. The Very Slow Time Machine
    The Very Slow Time Machine is a science fiction novel by Ian Watson that explores the psychological and societal impact of a man traveling backward through time in full public view.
  • 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: Time: From Microseconds to Millennia
Triple: [Alexander Waugh, notableWork, Time: From Microseconds to Millennia]
Generated description
"Time: From Microseconds to Millennia" is a popular science book by Alexander Waugh that explores the nature, measurement, and perception of time across vastly different scales.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Time: From Microseconds to Millennia
Target entity description: "Time: From Microseconds to Millennia" is a popular science book by Alexander Waugh that explores the nature, measurement, and perception of time across vastly different scales.
  • A. Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing
    "Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing" is a forward-looking book, co-edited by computer pioneer Gordon Bell, that explores potential technological and societal impacts of computing over the coming decades.
  • B. Clock of the Long Now
    The Clock of the Long Now is a monumental mechanical timepiece designed to keep time for 10,000 years, intended to promote long-term thinking and responsibility for the future.
  • C. The Universal Computer
    The Universal Computer is a book by mathematician and logician Martin Davis that traces the history and development of the concept of computation and the universal Turing machine.
  • D. The Interval at Long Now
    The Interval at Long Now is a bar, café, and event space in San Francisco that serves as a public gathering place and salon for the Long Now Foundation’s long-term thinking projects and ideas.
  • E. The Very Slow Time Machine
    The Very Slow Time Machine is a science fiction novel by Ian Watson that explores the psychological and societal impact of a man traveling backward through time in full public view.
  • 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_69da62636cc08190982cc71733a17b8d completed April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e666e0180c8190adeead0e60a099b0 completed April 20, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a082719f56481908143daf05e9b5362 completed May 16, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0829ea1a648190b9574c4398185329 completed May 16, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a082a5093988190894006cac95b2ff8 completed May 16, 2026, 8:26 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:29 p.m.