Triple

T490956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dorion Sagan E9987 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution E7143 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution | Statement: [Dorion Sagan, notableWork, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Context triple: [Dorion Sagan, notableWork, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution]
  • A. Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution chosen
    Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution is a popular science book by Lynn Margulis that explores the central role of microbes in the evolution and functioning of life on Earth.
  • B. Symbiosis in Cell Evolution
    Symbiosis in Cell Evolution is a landmark scientific book by Lynn Margulis that argues complex eukaryotic cells arose through symbiotic mergers of simpler organisms, helping establish the endosymbiotic theory in evolutionary biology.
  • C. Origins of Life (book)
    "Origins of Life" is a scientific book by physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson that explores theoretical scenarios for how life might have first emerged from nonliving matter.
  • D. The Diversity of Life
    The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
  • E. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
    "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution" is a popular science book that traces the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life and human consciousness, co-authored by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f0e22a308190b04d12974fd08a38 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4778034fc8190bedcc537fed5cef9 completed March 1, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.