Triple
T490957
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dorion Sagan |
E9987
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | What Is Life? |
E5997
|
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: What Is Life? | Statement: [Dorion Sagan, notableWork, What Is Life?]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Is Life? Context triple: [Dorion Sagan, notableWork, What Is Life?]
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A.
What Is Life?
chosen
*What Is Life?* is a book by biologist Lynn Margulis that explores the nature of living systems through the lens of evolution, symbiosis, and Earth’s biosphere.
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B.
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.
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C.
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" is a monumental late-19th-century painting by Paul Gauguin that symbolically explores the stages of human life and existential questions through a vivid, dreamlike Tahitian scene.
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D.
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.
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E.
Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
- 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.