Triple
T81815
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lynn Margulis |
E1643
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dorion Sagan |
E9987
|
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: Dorion Sagan | Statement: [Lynn Margulis, child, Dorion Sagan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorion Sagan Context triple: [Lynn Margulis, child, Dorion Sagan]
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A.
Dorion Sagan
chosen
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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B.
Nick Sagan
Nick Sagan is an American science fiction writer and screenwriter, known for his work on television series like Star Trek and for being the son of astronomer Carl Sagan.
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C.
Mark Ciardi
Mark Ciardi is an American film producer and former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for producing inspirational sports and historical dramas such as "The Rookie," "Miracle," and "Chappaquiddick."
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D.
Steven Soter
Steven Soter is an American astrophysicist and science writer best known for co-writing the landmark television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
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E.
Timothy Ferris
Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
- 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_69a32f24e3888190b99dd0eb4b18db4a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:08 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.