Triple
T20110860
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alexander Waugh |
E490324
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Time: From Microseconds to Millennia |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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 (2 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. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:29 p.m.