Triple

T81816
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lynn Margulis E1643 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Jeremy Sagan
Jeremy Sagan is the son of evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis and astronomer Carl Sagan.
E10635 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: Jeremy Sagan | Statement: [Lynn Margulis, child, Jeremy Sagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeremy Sagan
Context triple: [Lynn Margulis, child, Jeremy Sagan]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Seth Neddermeyer
    Seth Neddermeyer was an American physicist best known for pioneering the implosion method used in the plutonium bomb during the Manhattan Project.
  • C. Andrew McCollum
    Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
  • D. Dylan Highsmith
    Dylan Highsmith is a film editor best known for his work on major action and science-fiction movies, including Pacific Rim: Uprising.
  • E. Toby Pohlen
    Toby Pohlen is a member of the team at xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk.
  • 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: Jeremy Sagan
Triple: [Lynn Margulis, child, Jeremy Sagan]
Generated description
Jeremy Sagan is the son of evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis and astronomer Carl Sagan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeremy Sagan
Target entity description: Jeremy Sagan is the son of evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis and astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • A. Nick Sagan chosen
    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.
  • B. Seth Neddermeyer
    Seth Neddermeyer was an American physicist best known for pioneering the implosion method used in the plutonium bomb during the Manhattan Project.
  • C. Andrew McCollum
    Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
  • D. Dylan Highsmith
    Dylan Highsmith is a film editor best known for his work on major action and science-fiction movies, including Pacific Rim: Uprising.
  • E. Toby Pohlen
    Toby Pohlen is a member of the team at xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk.
  • F. None of above.

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_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_69a4366436008190b883eb9f0bfdb329 completed March 1, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a436e29de08190bd34018c291e915f completed March 1, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4375d01308190aa6e5899bc28495e completed March 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.