Triple

T7060101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Stross E164193 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Dark State
"Dark State" is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross, part of his Empire Games series that blends alternate-history politics with high-tech espionage across parallel timelines.
E638249 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: Dark State | Statement: [Charles Stross, notableWork, Dark State]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dark State
Context triple: [Charles Stross, notableWork, Dark State]
  • A. Deep Dark
    Deep Dark is a rare, eerie underground biome in Minecraft characterized by low light, sculk blocks, and the presence of the powerful Warden mob.
  • B. Dark Blues
    Dark Blues is the traditional nickname for the Oxford University Rugby Football Club’s first team, reflecting the university’s dark blue sporting colors.
  • C. After the Dark
    After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
  • D. Darkside
    Darkside is a track by the American funeral doom metal band Funeral, known for its slow, heavy atmosphere and melancholic tone.
  • E. Out of the Dark
    Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
  • 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: Dark State
Triple: [Charles Stross, notableWork, Dark State]
Generated description
"Dark State" is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross, part of his Empire Games series that blends alternate-history politics with high-tech espionage across parallel timelines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dark State
Target entity description: "Dark State" is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross, part of his Empire Games series that blends alternate-history politics with high-tech espionage across parallel timelines.
  • A. Deep Dark
    Deep Dark is a rare, eerie underground biome in Minecraft characterized by low light, sculk blocks, and the presence of the powerful Warden mob.
  • B. Dark Blues
    Dark Blues is the traditional nickname for the Oxford University Rugby Football Club’s first team, reflecting the university’s dark blue sporting colors.
  • C. After the Dark
    After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
  • D. Darkside
    Darkside is a track by the American funeral doom metal band Funeral, known for its slow, heavy atmosphere and melancholic tone.
  • E. Out of the Dark
    Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
  • 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.