Triple
T3675978
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Orbit |
E77992
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAuthorPublished |
P7039
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Iain M. Banks
Iain M. Banks was a Scottish author best known for his acclaimed science fiction Culture series and his dark, genre-blurring mainstream novels.
|
E378569
|
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: Iain M. Banks | Statement: [Orbit, notableAuthorPublished, Iain M. Banks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iain M. Banks Context triple: [Orbit, notableAuthorPublished, Iain M. Banks]
-
A.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
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B.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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C.
Charles Stross
Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
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D.
Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author and futurist best known as a leading figure in the cyberpunk movement and for works such as "Islands in the Net" and "Schismatrix."
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E.
L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith was an American libertarian science fiction author and activist known for his pro-freedom themes and influential role in promoting libertarian ideas within speculative fiction.
- 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: Iain M. Banks Triple: [Orbit, notableAuthorPublished, Iain M. Banks]
Generated description
Iain M. Banks was a Scottish author best known for his acclaimed science fiction Culture series and his dark, genre-blurring mainstream novels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iain M. Banks Target entity description: Iain M. Banks was a Scottish author best known for his acclaimed science fiction Culture series and his dark, genre-blurring mainstream novels.
-
A.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
-
B.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
-
C.
Charles Stross
Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
-
D.
Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author and futurist best known as a leading figure in the cyberpunk movement and for works such as "Islands in the Net" and "Schismatrix."
-
E.
L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith was an American libertarian science fiction author and activist known for his pro-freedom themes and influential role in promoting libertarian ideas within speculative fiction.
- 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_69ad85e18c1c8190be8aafb227f39f48 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc462ffdc8190896e9f98f648e2f3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b48856b7d481909d9cc32586d61d44 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b489b0de348190a339affb0d59e4b3 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4bc976fc881909a067b73002c5305 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.