Triple

T25075327
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lester Neil Smith III E628029 entity
Predicate notableSeries P3199 FINISHED
Object The Probability Broach series
The Probability Broach series is a libertarian science fiction saga by L. Neil Smith that explores alternate histories and anarcho-capitalist societies through adventure and political satire.
 E1664139 NE FINISHED

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 Probability Broach series | Statement: [Lester Neil Smith III, notableSeries, The Probability Broach series]
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: The Probability Broach series
Triple: [Lester Neil Smith III, notableSeries, The Probability Broach series]
Generated description
The Probability Broach series is a libertarian science fiction saga by L. Neil Smith that explores alternate histories and anarcho-capitalist societies through adventure and political satire.

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_69e2ff2e73f881909992bf3eda5c25cb completed April 18, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f45d188208819095eae1c605b12df0 completed May 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a1048de294c8190897bdd9107d961eb completed May 22, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a104c1f2e448190b0ee1a8c0bca7520 completed May 22, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a104d1203f8819080c229e86323dc62 completed May 22, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
Created at: April 18, 2026, 6:21 a.m.