Triple
T7060076
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Stross |
E164193
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Merchant Princes
Merchant Princes is a science fiction novel series by Charles Stross that follows a woman who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in interdimensional politics, crime, and intrigue.
|
E638225
|
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: Merchant Princes | Statement: [Charles Stross, notableWork, Merchant Princes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merchant Princes Context triple: [Charles Stross, notableWork, Merchant Princes]
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A.
The Merchant Princes
The Merchant Princes is a science fiction story by Frederik Pohl that explores themes of commerce, power, and human ambition in a futuristic setting.
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B.
Minalan
Minalan is a central fantasy protagonist, best known as a powerful yet reluctant wizard whose story unfolds in the Spellmonger series.
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C.
Lord of Trade
The Lord of Trade was a British government office responsible for overseeing colonial and commercial affairs, particularly through the Board of Trade, during the 17th to 19th centuries.
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D.
Prince of the Empire
A Prince of the Empire was a high-ranking noble within the Holy Roman Empire who held immediate feudal authority and a seat in the Imperial Diet.
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E.
Book of the Kingdom
Book of the Kingdom is an influential alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, reflecting his foundational contributions to experimental chemistry and esoteric philosophy.
- 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: Merchant Princes Triple: [Charles Stross, notableWork, Merchant Princes]
Generated description
Merchant Princes is a science fiction novel series by Charles Stross that follows a woman who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in interdimensional politics, crime, and intrigue.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merchant Princes Target entity description: Merchant Princes is a science fiction novel series by Charles Stross that follows a woman who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in interdimensional politics, crime, and intrigue.
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A.
The Merchant Princes
The Merchant Princes is a science fiction story by Frederik Pohl that explores themes of commerce, power, and human ambition in a futuristic setting.
-
B.
Minalan
Minalan is a central fantasy protagonist, best known as a powerful yet reluctant wizard whose story unfolds in the Spellmonger series.
-
C.
Lord of Trade
The Lord of Trade was a British government office responsible for overseeing colonial and commercial affairs, particularly through the Board of Trade, during the 17th to 19th centuries.
-
D.
Prince of the Empire
A Prince of the Empire was a high-ranking noble within the Holy Roman Empire who held immediate feudal authority and a seat in the Imperial Diet.
-
E.
Book of the Kingdom
Book of the Kingdom is an influential alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, reflecting his foundational contributions to experimental chemistry and esoteric philosophy.
- 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_69c688796c148190adb2f1596f595f22 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e458ad9c81908c3f492b317ce291 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c788af20cc819084542035410aafbd |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c78968b8588190b26afb5fe1a976db |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c78a520b4081908b4822fb55c3dab9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:38 p.m.