Triple

T8037642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sally Menke E187148 entity
Predicate editedFilm P14416 FINISHED
Object The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe is a 1991 film adaptation of Lily Tomlin’s acclaimed one-woman stage show, blending comedy and social commentary as she portrays multiple characters reflecting on modern life and human connection.
E708613 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: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Statement: [Sally Menke, editedFilm, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Context triple: [Sally Menke, editedFilm, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe]
  • A. Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations
    "Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations" is a seminal 1964 paper by Soviet astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev that laid the foundations for modern SETI and introduced the concept of classifying civilizations by their energy consumption.
  • B. Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
    "Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence" is a seminal work edited by Carl Sagan that explores the scientific, technical, and philosophical challenges of contacting and understanding intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • C. Arecibo message
    The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
  • D. Searching for Interstellar Communications
    "Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
  • E. Cosmic Call
    Cosmic Call was a series of interstellar radio messages sent from Earth to nearby stars as part of early efforts in active SETI (Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
  • 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: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Triple: [Sally Menke, editedFilm, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe]
Generated description
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe is a 1991 film adaptation of Lily Tomlin’s acclaimed one-woman stage show, blending comedy and social commentary as she portrays multiple characters reflecting on modern life and human connection.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Target entity description: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe is a 1991 film adaptation of Lily Tomlin’s acclaimed one-woman stage show, blending comedy and social commentary as she portrays multiple characters reflecting on modern life and human connection.
  • A. Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations
    "Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations" is a seminal 1964 paper by Soviet astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev that laid the foundations for modern SETI and introduced the concept of classifying civilizations by their energy consumption.
  • B. Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
    "Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence" is a seminal work edited by Carl Sagan that explores the scientific, technical, and philosophical challenges of contacting and understanding intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • C. Arecibo message
    The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
  • D. Searching for Interstellar Communications
    "Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
  • E. Cosmic Call
    Cosmic Call was a series of interstellar radio messages sent from Earth to nearby stars as part of early efforts in active SETI (Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
  • 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_69ca82ae2d1081909dbfee42b41db419 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3f19a6b4819085e2887fb0c54d08 completed March 31, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc56fa97ac8190a0bd646d9ec345e4 completed March 31, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc58abd96c8190ab9eeaece67d5408 completed March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc5cc2f71081909cb7c0c245368edb completed March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:23 p.m.