Triple

T4805632
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Baxter E106938 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Xeelee Sequence
Xeelee Sequence is a series of hard science fiction works by Stephen Baxter that explores vast cosmic scales, advanced alien civilizations, and the ultimate fate of the universe.
E469534 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: Xeelee Sequence | Statement: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, Xeelee Sequence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xeelee Sequence
Context triple: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, Xeelee Sequence]
  • A. Hainish Cycle
    The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
  • B. The Night's Dawn Trilogy
    The Night's Dawn Trilogy is a sprawling space opera series by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror and political intrigue in a far-future human civilization.
  • C. Known Space
    Known Space is a shared science fiction universe created by Larry Niven, featuring a far-future setting with advanced human and alien civilizations, of which the Ringworld is one of the most famous locations.
  • D. Ringworld
    Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
  • E. Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
    The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
  • 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: Xeelee Sequence
Triple: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, Xeelee Sequence]
Generated description
Xeelee Sequence is a series of hard science fiction works by Stephen Baxter that explores vast cosmic scales, advanced alien civilizations, and the ultimate fate of the universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xeelee Sequence
Target entity description: Xeelee Sequence is a series of hard science fiction works by Stephen Baxter that explores vast cosmic scales, advanced alien civilizations, and the ultimate fate of the universe.
  • A. Hainish Cycle
    The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
  • B. The Night's Dawn Trilogy
    The Night's Dawn Trilogy is a sprawling space opera series by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror and political intrigue in a far-future human civilization.
  • C. Known Space
    Known Space is a shared science fiction universe created by Larry Niven, featuring a far-future setting with advanced human and alien civilizations, of which the Ringworld is one of the most famous locations.
  • D. Ringworld
    Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
  • E. Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
    The Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy is a renowned hard science fiction series by Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s contact and conflict with an alien civilization across vast scales of time and space.
  • 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c678e58819094cdf18d8c5ea96f completed March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be440706888190a5f62bef629d3777 completed March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be45e0c5a48190b9e390048c863f06 completed March 21, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be46ef17588190a9bc179029e0a6a0 completed March 21, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.