Triple

T6039041
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Wave science fiction E134494 entity
Predicate keyFigure P256 FINISHED
Object Thomas M. Disch
Thomas M. Disch was an influential American author and critic whose innovative, often darkly satirical works made him a central figure in the New Wave science fiction movement.
E569579 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: Thomas M. Disch | Statement: [New Wave science fiction, keyFigure, Thomas M. Disch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas M. Disch
Context triple: [New Wave science fiction, keyFigure, Thomas M. Disch]
  • A. James Blish
    James Blish was an influential American science fiction author and critic, best known for his "Cities in Flight" series and for helping shape mid-20th-century science fiction through both his fiction and literary analysis.
  • B. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • C. David G. Hartwell
    David G. Hartwell was an influential American science fiction and fantasy editor, anthologist, and critic known for shaping the genre through his work at major publishing houses and his acclaimed themed anthologies.
  • D. Hal Clement
    Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • E. Poul Anderson
    Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • 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: Thomas M. Disch
Triple: [New Wave science fiction, keyFigure, Thomas M. Disch]
Generated description
Thomas M. Disch was an influential American author and critic whose innovative, often darkly satirical works made him a central figure in the New Wave science fiction movement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas M. Disch
Target entity description: Thomas M. Disch was an influential American author and critic whose innovative, often darkly satirical works made him a central figure in the New Wave science fiction movement.
  • A. James Blish
    James Blish was an influential American science fiction author and critic, best known for his "Cities in Flight" series and for helping shape mid-20th-century science fiction through both his fiction and literary analysis.
  • B. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • C. David G. Hartwell
    David G. Hartwell was an influential American science fiction and fantasy editor, anthologist, and critic known for shaping the genre through his work at major publishing houses and his acclaimed themed anthologies.
  • D. Hal Clement
    Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • E. Poul Anderson
    Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • 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_69c00875db5c819099dd5bb833ec43c2 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c056ce10cc8190817ade56570adc92 completed March 22, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1251a3bec81909a654976712f147d completed March 23, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1299e4b788190a28069de0ce2d2db completed March 23, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c12a072b348190b576ee132a5d87be completed March 23, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:08 p.m.