Triple

T56068
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Contact E1108 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Palmer Joss
Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
E34109 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: Palmer Joss | Statement: [Contact, notableCharacter, Palmer Joss]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palmer Joss
Context triple: [Contact, notableCharacter, Palmer Joss]
  • A. John Carver
    John Carver was a prominent early Pilgrim leader who became the first governor of Plymouth Colony after the Mayflower’s arrival in 1620.
  • B. Pierce Anderson
    Pierce Anderson was an American architect best known for his work with the firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, contributing to major Beaux-Arts and classical revival buildings in the early 20th century.
  • C. Eric Eldred
    Eric Eldred is an American digital rights activist and publisher known for his work promoting free access to literature and for co-founding the Creative Commons movement.
  • D. Harmon Jones
    Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
  • E. Peder Sather
    Peder Sather was a 19th-century Norwegian-born American banker and philanthropist known for his significant financial support of the University of California, Berkeley.
  • 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: Palmer Joss
Triple: [Contact, notableCharacter, Palmer Joss]
Generated description
Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palmer Joss
Target entity description: Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
  • A. John Carver
    John Carver was a prominent early Pilgrim leader who became the first governor of Plymouth Colony after the Mayflower’s arrival in 1620.
  • B. Pierce Anderson
    Pierce Anderson was an American architect best known for his work with the firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, contributing to major Beaux-Arts and classical revival buildings in the early 20th century.
  • C. Eric Eldred
    Eric Eldred is an American digital rights activist and publisher known for his work promoting free access to literature and for co-founding the Creative Commons movement.
  • D. Harmon Jones
    Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
  • E. Peder Sather
    Peder Sather was a 19th-century Norwegian-born American banker and philanthropist known for his significant financial support of the University of California, Berkeley.
  • 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_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_69a3860dc1448190a24e479d983d9fc6 completed March 1, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a386981ed481908783b2de31c46f23 completed March 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3870030a481909c413058525afcfd completed March 1, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.