Triple
T6981606
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Science Fiction Association Award |
E161858
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
|
E634264
|
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: Alastair Reynolds | Statement: [British Science Fiction Association Award, hasNotableRecipient, Alastair Reynolds]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastair Reynolds Context triple: [British Science Fiction Association Award, hasNotableRecipient, Alastair Reynolds]
-
A.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
-
B.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
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C.
Charles Stross
Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
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D.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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E.
Richard Morgan
Richard Morgan is a British science fiction author best known for his cyberpunk novel "Altered Carbon" and for writing the story for the video game Crysis 2.
- 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: Alastair Reynolds Triple: [British Science Fiction Association Award, hasNotableRecipient, Alastair Reynolds]
Generated description
Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastair Reynolds Target entity description: Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
-
A.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
-
B.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
-
C.
Charles Stross
Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
-
D.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
-
E.
Richard Morgan
Richard Morgan is a British science fiction author best known for his cyberpunk novel "Altered Carbon" and for writing the story for the video game Crysis 2.
- 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_69c68855dc0481909b4c7e9e9ed273db |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6db6d3f3c8190b0121f7934440c34 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c76a0e34288190ad2decbc18190c6b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c76b2c3ca481909df85ef915a91f10 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c76ba3f8ec8190af87316fc63b523e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:31 p.m.