Triple
T81737
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Broca's Brain |
E1641
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Dragons of Eden |
E1107
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Dragons of Eden | Statement: [Broca's Brain, precededBy, The Dragons of Eden]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dragons of Eden Context triple: [Broca's Brain, precededBy, The Dragons of Eden]
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A.
The Dragons of Eden
chosen
The Dragons of Eden is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1977 book by Carl Sagan that explores the evolution of human intelligence and the brain through a blend of science, anthropology, and speculative thought.
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B.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
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C.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
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D.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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E.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f367b208190a69f5b76d6ae0496 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2555394f881909f01ec05c75ff63d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.