Triple

T4410097
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Olaf Stapledon E94831 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Brian W. Aldiss
Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
E442916 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: Brian W. Aldiss | Statement: [Olaf Stapledon, influenced, Brian W. Aldiss]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian W. Aldiss
Context triple: [Olaf Stapledon, influenced, Brian W. Aldiss]
  • A. Frederik Pohl
    Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
  • B. James Blish
    James Blish was an influential American science fiction author and critic, best known for his "Cities in Flight" series and for helping shape mid-20th-century science fiction through both his fiction and literary analysis.
  • C. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • D. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • E. Hal Clement
    Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science 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: Brian W. Aldiss
Triple: [Olaf Stapledon, influenced, Brian W. Aldiss]
Generated description
Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian W. Aldiss
Target entity description: Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
  • A. Frederik Pohl
    Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
  • B. James Blish
    James Blish was an influential American science fiction author and critic, best known for his "Cities in Flight" series and for helping shape mid-20th-century science fiction through both his fiction and literary analysis.
  • C. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • D. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • E. Hal Clement
    Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science 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_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_69b627eb49308190a6830cbc52ad45cf completed March 15, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b628fe10908190978dd0361628f54f completed March 15, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b629ab52c881909f7fbef6f77b5bc4 completed March 15, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.