Triple

T4765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Sagan E93 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Pale Blue Dot
"Pale Blue Dot" is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe, inspired by the famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from deep space.
E2911 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: Pale Blue Dot | Statement: [Carl Sagan, notableWork, Pale Blue Dot]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pale Blue Dot
Context triple: [Carl Sagan, notableWork, Pale Blue Dot]
  • A. Voyager Golden Record project
    The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
  • B. The Endangered Earth
    The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
  • C. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Pioneer plaque project
    The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
  • E. Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
    Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
  • 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: Pale Blue Dot
Triple: [Carl Sagan, notableWork, Pale Blue Dot]
Generated description
"Pale Blue Dot" is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe, inspired by the famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from deep space.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pale Blue Dot
Target entity description: "Pale Blue Dot" is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe, inspired by the famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from deep space.
  • A. Voyager Golden Record project
    The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
  • B. The Endangered Earth
    The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
  • C. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Pioneer plaque project
    The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
  • E. Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
    Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
  • 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_69a238d6b47881909e68288aed2fd858 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2399c646c8190b4977ed56b8835a8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a24e51246c819098f53258d869ecde completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a250b213c881909381abc66f5ebe68 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2515b915c8190b122de0025bd954f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.