Triple

T3425148
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tyler Volk E72211 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth
"Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth" is a scientific and philosophical book by Tyler Volk that explores Earth as an integrated, self-regulating system analogous to a living organism.
E356874 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: Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth | Statement: [Tyler Volk, notableWork, Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth
Context triple: [Tyler Volk, notableWork, Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth]
  • A. Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution
    Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution is a collection of scientific and philosophical essays exploring Gaia theory, symbiosis, and evolutionary biology, co-authored by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • B. Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
    "Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • C. Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
    "Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" is James Lovelock’s influential book that introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living system.
  • D. Gaia hypothesis
    The Gaia hypothesis is a scientific theory proposing that Earth’s living organisms and their inorganic surroundings interact to form a self-regulating, complex system that helps maintain conditions suitable for life.
  • E. Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature
    Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature is a collection of essays exploring science, philosophy, and the complexity of life, co-written by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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: Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth
Triple: [Tyler Volk, notableWork, Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth]
Generated description
"Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth" is a scientific and philosophical book by Tyler Volk that explores Earth as an integrated, self-regulating system analogous to a living organism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth
Target entity description: "Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth" is a scientific and philosophical book by Tyler Volk that explores Earth as an integrated, self-regulating system analogous to a living organism.
  • A. Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution
    Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution is a collection of scientific and philosophical essays exploring Gaia theory, symbiosis, and evolutionary biology, co-authored by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • B. Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
    "Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • C. Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
    "Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" is James Lovelock’s influential book that introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living system.
  • D. Gaia hypothesis
    The Gaia hypothesis is a scientific theory proposing that Earth’s living organisms and their inorganic surroundings interact to form a self-regulating, complex system that helps maintain conditions suitable for life.
  • E. Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature
    Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature is a collection of essays exploring science, philosophy, and the complexity of life, co-written by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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_69ad85ae14308190bcbc25cfa0246c0b completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb97fa2d88190a79cb8c7be4b3696 completed March 8, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b354766bcc81909fb3124262c93f8f completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b35565a688819096c7e5fdf8e944bf completed March 13, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b355efa89c8190bf9b2eb3c41257b3 completed March 13, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.