Triple

T4001213
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Very Large Array E89416 entity
Predicate featuredIn P626 FINISHED
Object film "Contact"
The film "Contact" is a 1997 science fiction drama, based on Carl Sagan’s novel, that follows a scientist’s discovery of an extraterrestrial signal and the ensuing political, scientific, and spiritual conflicts over humanity’s first contact with alien intelligence.
 E407186 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: film "Contact" | Statement: [Very Large Array, featuredIn, film "Contact"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: film "Contact"
Context triple: [Very Large Array, featuredIn, film "Contact"]
  • A. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
  • B. film "Wonderland"
    "Wonderland" is a 2003 crime drama film that reconstructs the infamous 1981 Wonderland murders and the involvement of adult film star John Holmes.
  • C. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
    2010: The Year We Make Contact is a 1984 science fiction film and sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, exploring renewed human contact with the enigmatic monolith and the fate of Jupiter.
  • D. The Day the Earth Stood Still
    The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic 1951 science fiction film about an alien visitor and his powerful robot who come to Earth with an urgent warning for humanity.
  • E. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg about a young boy who befriends a stranded alien, becoming one of the most beloved and highest-grossing movies of all time.
  • 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: film "Contact"
Triple: [Very Large Array, featuredIn, film "Contact"]
Generated description
The film "Contact" is a 1997 science fiction drama, based on Carl Sagan’s novel, that follows a scientist’s discovery of an extraterrestrial signal and the ensuing political, scientific, and spiritual conflicts over humanity’s first contact with alien intelligence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: film "Contact"
Target entity description: The film "Contact" is a 1997 science fiction drama, based on Carl Sagan’s novel, that follows a scientist’s discovery of an extraterrestrial signal and the ensuing political, scientific, and spiritual conflicts over humanity’s first contact with alien intelligence.
  • A. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
  • B. film "Wonderland"
    "Wonderland" is a 2003 crime drama film that reconstructs the infamous 1981 Wonderland murders and the involvement of adult film star John Holmes.
  • C. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
    2010: The Year We Make Contact is a 1984 science fiction film and sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, exploring renewed human contact with the enigmatic monolith and the fate of Jupiter.
  • D. The Day the Earth Stood Still
    The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic 1951 science fiction film about an alien visitor and his powerful robot who come to Earth with an urgent warning for humanity.
  • E. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg about a young boy who befriends a stranded alien, becoming one of the most beloved and highest-grossing movies of all time.
  • 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa4290a48190b9c8cffa012c4df1 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c5e95b88190a8b5234b18d7b769 completed March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5505592bc8190bedda7df9eef8fa7 completed March 14, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b550e241048190aaa72504bc278c98 completed March 14, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.