Triple

T2072076
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicholas Sagan E44835 entity
Predicate siblingOf P363 FINISHED
Object Samuel Sagan
Samuel Sagan is an individual known primarily in relation to his brother, Nicholas Sagan.
E236357 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: Samuel Sagan | Statement: [Nicholas Sagan, siblingOf, Samuel Sagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Sagan
Context triple: [Nicholas Sagan, siblingOf, Samuel Sagan]
  • A. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • B. Dorion Sagan
    Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • C. Lloyd Levin
    Lloyd Levin is an American film producer known for his work on major genre films such as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," "Watchmen," and "United 93."
  • D. Morris Stoloff
    Morris Stoloff was an American musical director, conductor, and composer best known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Nick Sagan
    Nick Sagan is an American science fiction writer and screenwriter, known for his work on television series like Star Trek and for being the son of astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • 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: Samuel Sagan
Triple: [Nicholas Sagan, siblingOf, Samuel Sagan]
Generated description
Samuel Sagan is an individual known primarily in relation to his brother, Nicholas Sagan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Sagan
Target entity description: Samuel Sagan is an individual known primarily in relation to his brother, Nicholas Sagan.
  • A. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • B. Dorion Sagan
    Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • C. Lloyd Levin
    Lloyd Levin is an American film producer known for his work on major genre films such as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," "Watchmen," and "United 93."
  • D. Morris Stoloff
    Morris Stoloff was an American musical director, conductor, and composer best known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Nick Sagan
    Nick Sagan is an American science fiction writer and screenwriter, known for his work on television series like Star Trek and for being the son of astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • 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_69a88916c2b48190a5ca2e9b12cad3ed completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba0eaa5081908f6d6ff80f79b1c9 completed March 7, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae518752148190bd7524872d70da7e completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae521c7810819086b88bb5f062597e completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae52e79c788190bbe6eb5baba08a71 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.