Triple

T4410076
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Olaf Stapledon E94831 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Last and First Men
Last and First Men is a seminal 1930 science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that presents a sweeping future history of humanity across billions of years and multiple evolved species.
E438286 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: Last and First Men | Statement: [Olaf Stapledon, notableWork, Last and First Men]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Last and First Men
Context triple: [Olaf Stapledon, notableWork, Last and First Men]
  • A. The Songs of Distant Earth
    The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
  • B. The City and the Stars
    The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
  • C. The Gods Themselves
    The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
  • D. The End of Eternity
    The End of Eternity is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores time travel, temporal engineering, and the unintended consequences of manipulating history.
  • E. The Martian Chronicles
    The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
  • 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: Last and First Men
Triple: [Olaf Stapledon, notableWork, Last and First Men]
Generated description
Last and First Men is a seminal 1930 science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that presents a sweeping future history of humanity across billions of years and multiple evolved species.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Last and First Men
Target entity description: Last and First Men is a seminal 1930 science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that presents a sweeping future history of humanity across billions of years and multiple evolved species.
  • A. The Songs of Distant Earth
    The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
  • B. The City and the Stars
    The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
  • C. The Gods Themselves
    The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
  • D. The End of Eternity
    The End of Eternity is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores time travel, temporal engineering, and the unintended consequences of manipulating history.
  • E. The Martian Chronicles
    The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
  • 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_69b34539638c8190abfea3eb29425210 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b354e4c58c8190b4190aad3095a1dd completed March 13, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f60ea0808190a59418f7911d123d completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f9e8c7d08190b8a61ba1c4bf559a completed March 15, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5fa6495f881909a08b0e5b8b7decf completed March 15, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.