Triple

T56026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Dragons of Eden E1107 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Carl Sagan bibliography
The Carl Sagan bibliography is the collected body of written works by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, including his popular science books, essays, and other publications.
 E93 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: Carl Sagan bibliography | Statement: [The Dragons of Eden, partOf, Carl Sagan bibliography]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Sagan bibliography
Context triple: [The Dragons of Eden, partOf, Carl Sagan bibliography]
  • A. Carl Sagan
    Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
  • B. The Demon-Haunted World
    The Demon-Haunted World is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that champions critical thinking and the scientific method as antidotes to superstition and pseudoscience.
  • C. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Pioneer plaque project
    The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
  • E. Voyager Golden Record project
    The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
  • 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: Carl Sagan bibliography
Triple: [The Dragons of Eden, partOf, Carl Sagan bibliography]
Generated description
The Carl Sagan bibliography is the collected body of written works by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, including his popular science books, essays, and other publications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Sagan bibliography
Target entity description: The Carl Sagan bibliography is the collected body of written works by astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, including his popular science books, essays, and other publications.
  • A. Carl Sagan chosen
    Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
  • B. The Demon-Haunted World
    The Demon-Haunted World is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that champions critical thinking and the scientific method as antidotes to superstition and pseudoscience.
  • C. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Pioneer plaque project
    The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
  • E. Voyager Golden Record project
    The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a248adc5b48190aa8db9fb092fb28a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b07f4a881909e32115e84da02a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a255398bac81909c4ae9bba79f6c19 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2570e30d88190b7a0d20cf3a94760 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a257a1f340819091d3aa5a665ce50b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.