Triple
T4387369
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | SETI Institute |
E99276
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableScientist |
P602
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frank Drake |
E20721
|
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: Frank Drake | Statement: [SETI Institute, notableScientist, Frank Drake]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Drake Context triple: [SETI Institute, notableScientist, Frank Drake]
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A.
Frank Drake
chosen
Frank Drake was an American astronomer and astrophysicist best known for formulating the Drake Equation to estimate the number of communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy.
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B.
J. Allen Hynek
J. Allen Hynek was an American astronomer and pioneering ufologist best known for developing the "Close Encounters" classification system for UFO sightings and for serving as a scientific advisor on U.S. Air Force UFO projects.
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C.
Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
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D.
Robert Wisdom
Robert Wisdom is an American actor best known for his role as Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin on the television series "The Wire."
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E.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3454f739481909ff6c28331f0c0b9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b352804be88190ab188ac0dde1ac1e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e52a0488819081fe724d592d8fdf |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m.