Triple

T512430
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nick Sagan E10635 entity
Predicate hasRelative P367 FINISHED
Object Dorian Sagan
Dorian Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, complexity, and the philosophy of science, often co-authored with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
E74628 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: Dorian Sagan | Statement: [Nick Sagan, hasRelative, Dorian Sagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorian Sagan
Context triple: [Nick Sagan, hasRelative, Dorian Sagan]
  • A. Sebastian Blunt
    Sebastian Blunt is a British actor and the brother of acclaimed actress Emily Blunt.
  • B. Seth Neddermeyer
    Seth Neddermeyer was an American physicist best known for pioneering the implosion method used in the plutonium bomb during the Manhattan Project.
  • C. Jason Hudson
    Jason Hudson was the brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tragically murdered in a widely publicized 2008 family shooting in Chicago.
  • D. Dylan Highsmith
    Dylan Highsmith is a film editor best known for his work on major action and science-fiction movies, including Pacific Rim: Uprising.
  • E. Raleigh Becket
    Raleigh Becket is the main Jaeger pilot protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for co-piloting the giant robot Gipsy Danger against invading Kaiju.
  • 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: Dorian Sagan
Triple: [Nick Sagan, hasRelative, Dorian Sagan]
Generated description
Dorian Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, complexity, and the philosophy of science, often co-authored with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorian Sagan
Target entity description: Dorian Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, complexity, and the philosophy of science, often co-authored with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • A. Sebastian Blunt
    Sebastian Blunt is a British actor and the brother of acclaimed actress Emily Blunt.
  • B. Seth Neddermeyer
    Seth Neddermeyer was an American physicist best known for pioneering the implosion method used in the plutonium bomb during the Manhattan Project.
  • C. Jason Hudson
    Jason Hudson was the brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tragically murdered in a widely publicized 2008 family shooting in Chicago.
  • D. Dylan Highsmith
    Dylan Highsmith is a film editor best known for his work on major action and science-fiction movies, including Pacific Rim: Uprising.
  • E. Raleigh Becket
    Raleigh Becket is the main Jaeger pilot protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for co-piloting the giant robot Gipsy Danger against invading Kaiju.
  • 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f16768c081909d05537ff070868b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a518bfaed48190b03343e0a4a85c89 completed March 2, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a51e23eb2481908f94f72a00af24f6 completed March 2, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a51e93e58c819088c138d839d08b78 completed March 2, 2026, 5:22 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.