Triple

T4543571
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian McDonald E109993 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Ares Express
Ares Express is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald set on a far-future, terraformed Mars, blending adventure, surreal imagery, and rich world-building.
E451732 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: Ares Express | Statement: [Ian McDonald, notableWork, Ares Express]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ares Express
Context triple: [Ian McDonald, notableWork, Ares Express]
  • A. Orion spacecraft
    The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
  • B. The Shuttle
    "The Shuttle" is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that explores transatlantic marriages between wealthy American women and impoverished British aristocrats, highlighting themes of power, class, and female resilience.
  • C. ATV spacecraft
    The ATV spacecraft was an automated European cargo vehicle designed to resupply and reboost the International Space Station.
  • D. Cygnus spacecraft
    The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
  • E. Antares launch vehicle
    The Antares launch vehicle is a medium-lift rocket primarily used to deliver cargo to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
  • 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: Ares Express
Triple: [Ian McDonald, notableWork, Ares Express]
Generated description
Ares Express is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald set on a far-future, terraformed Mars, blending adventure, surreal imagery, and rich world-building.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ares Express
Target entity description: Ares Express is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald set on a far-future, terraformed Mars, blending adventure, surreal imagery, and rich world-building.
  • A. Orion spacecraft
    The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
  • B. The Shuttle
    "The Shuttle" is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that explores transatlantic marriages between wealthy American women and impoverished British aristocrats, highlighting themes of power, class, and female resilience.
  • C. ATV spacecraft
    The ATV spacecraft was an automated European cargo vehicle designed to resupply and reboost the International Space Station.
  • D. Cygnus spacecraft
    The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
  • E. Antares launch vehicle
    The Antares launch vehicle is a medium-lift rocket primarily used to deliver cargo to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
  • 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_69bd4412524c8190be5bcc9ddee91848 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57d517e881909c3d23ed4453b0a7 completed March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb92eeaf081909a868825e3a878c7 completed March 20, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbe9f0fec8190aa42177fcd1b0f51 completed March 20, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbf59f97c8190a7669e6459c42f16 completed March 20, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.