Triple
T4861790
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Neal Stephenson |
E108677
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Snow Crash
Snow Crash is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that explores virtual reality, linguistics, and corporate-dominated future societies.
|
E474477
|
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: Snow Crash | Statement: [Neal Stephenson, notableWork, Snow Crash]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snow Crash Context triple: [Neal Stephenson, notableWork, Snow Crash]
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
-
B.
The Master Switch
The Master Switch is a nonfiction book by Tim Wu that explores how communication industries tend to cycle between open innovation and closed, monopolistic control.
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C.
The Unlocking
"The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
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D.
The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead is a non-fiction book by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates that explores the future impact of personal computing and the internet on society, business, and everyday life.
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E.
Neuromancer
Neuromancer is William Gibson’s seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel that helped define the genre with its depiction of cyberspace, artificial intelligence, and a dystopian high-tech future.
- 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: Snow Crash Triple: [Neal Stephenson, notableWork, Snow Crash]
Generated description
Snow Crash is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that explores virtual reality, linguistics, and corporate-dominated future societies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snow Crash Target entity description: Snow Crash is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that explores virtual reality, linguistics, and corporate-dominated future societies.
-
A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
-
B.
The Master Switch
The Master Switch is a nonfiction book by Tim Wu that explores how communication industries tend to cycle between open innovation and closed, monopolistic control.
-
C.
The Unlocking
"The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
-
D.
The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead is a non-fiction book by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates that explores the future impact of personal computing and the internet on society, business, and everyday life.
-
E.
Neuromancer
Neuromancer is William Gibson’s seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel that helped define the genre with its depiction of cyberspace, artificial intelligence, and a dystopian high-tech future.
- 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d5f62b48190b367ed1b850cfbcb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5cf921cc8190a092bb69c1981890 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be5e833ca88190b89dda5cafb180fe |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be5eed97a08190afd99a0700f1f4c7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.