Triple

T4209408
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Terror E93863 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceMaterial P2806 FINISHED
Object Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is an American author best known for his genre-spanning speculative fiction, including acclaimed works of science fiction, horror, and historical fiction.
 E420944 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: Dan Simmons | Statement: [The Terror, authorOfSourceMaterial, Dan Simmons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Simmons
Context triple: [The Terror, authorOfSourceMaterial, Dan Simmons]
  • 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. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
  • C. Julian May
    Julian May was an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her sprawling Saga of Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu series.
  • D. Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
  • E. Brian Hartnett
    Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • 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: Dan Simmons
Triple: [The Terror, authorOfSourceMaterial, Dan Simmons]
Generated description
Dan Simmons is an American author best known for his genre-spanning speculative fiction, including acclaimed works of science fiction, horror, and historical fiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Simmons
Target entity description: Dan Simmons is an American author best known for his genre-spanning speculative fiction, including acclaimed works of science fiction, horror, and historical fiction.
  • 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. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
  • C. Julian May
    Julian May was an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her sprawling Saga of Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu series.
  • D. Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
  • E. Brian Hartnett
    Brian Hartnett is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • 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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3480f80208190b08ca6ccfe9c41f6 completed March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5962bb63c81909e28a958323edb82 completed March 14, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b596b7330081908c66a5a756531ffd completed March 14, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5976663d88190a73a729554e91074 completed March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:03 p.m.