Triple

T5791567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Village of the Damned E128405 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object John Wyndham
John Wyndham was a British science fiction author best known for his mid-20th-century novels depicting unsettling, often post-apocalyptic scenarios, such as "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos."
E547462 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: John Wyndham | Statement: [Village of the Damned, basedOnAuthor, John Wyndham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wyndham
Context triple: [Village of the Damned, basedOnAuthor, John Wyndham]
  • A. Brian W. Aldiss
    Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
  • B. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • C. Olaf Stapledon
    Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and science fiction writer whose visionary cosmic-scale ideas, especially in works like "Star Maker," profoundly influenced later speculative concepts in astronomy and technology.
  • D. Nigel Kneale
    Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter best known for his influential science fiction and horror work, particularly the Quatermass series.
  • E. M. John Harrison
    M. John Harrison is a British author renowned for his innovative and genre-defying science fiction, fantasy, and literary works such as the Viriconium series and "Light."
  • 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: John Wyndham
Triple: [Village of the Damned, basedOnAuthor, John Wyndham]
Generated description
John Wyndham was a British science fiction author best known for his mid-20th-century novels depicting unsettling, often post-apocalyptic scenarios, such as "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wyndham
Target entity description: John Wyndham was a British science fiction author best known for his mid-20th-century novels depicting unsettling, often post-apocalyptic scenarios, such as "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos."
  • A. Brian W. Aldiss
    Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
  • B. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • C. Olaf Stapledon
    Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and science fiction writer whose visionary cosmic-scale ideas, especially in works like "Star Maker," profoundly influenced later speculative concepts in astronomy and technology.
  • D. Nigel Kneale
    Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter best known for his influential science fiction and horror work, particularly the Quatermass series.
  • E. M. John Harrison
    M. John Harrison is a British author renowned for his innovative and genre-defying science fiction, fantasy, and literary works such as the Viriconium series and "Light."
  • 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_69c00845ca68819081a2ce3ecca577f7 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a56c73c81908a1c72c86e474b54 completed March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c09820f5c08190811e848eb44ce5b9 completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0990bf38081908c09c5dfe660c35b completed March 23, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c099bd26fc8190a58bf483a6d4cbca completed March 23, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.