Triple
T23423340
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nathaniel Read Silver |
E560723
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Signal and the Noise |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: The Signal and the Noise | Statement: [Nathaniel Read Silver, notableWork, The Signal and the Noise]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Signal and the Noise Context triple: [Nathaniel Read Silver, notableWork, The Signal and the Noise]
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A.
The Signal and the Noise
chosen
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
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B.
Symbols, Signals and Noise
Symbols, Signals and Noise is a classic popular science book by engineer John R. Pierce that introduces the principles of information theory and communication in an accessible way.
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C.
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Wisdom of Crowds is a grimdark fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie, concluding his Age of Madness trilogy set in the First Law universe.
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D.
The Book of Why
The Book of Why is a popular science book by Judea Pearl that explains the foundations and importance of causal reasoning in statistics, artificial intelligence, and everyday decision-making.
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E.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
"Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk" is a popular nonfiction book that traces the history and development of risk, probability, and decision-making from ancient times to modern finance and economics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e2454cb1108190ab21ada5411a7146 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a54780d88190a7d5c1426b85b7fc |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:47 p.m.