Triple
T8491971
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Psychohistorians |
E200992
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedWork |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Merchant Princes |
E638225
|
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 Merchant Princes | Statement: [The Psychohistorians, relatedWork, The Merchant Princes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Merchant Princes Context triple: [The Psychohistorians, relatedWork, The Merchant Princes]
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A.
The Merchant Princes
The Merchant Princes is a science fiction story by Frederik Pohl that explores themes of commerce, power, and human ambition in a futuristic setting.
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B.
Merchant Princes
chosen
Merchant Princes is a science fiction novel series by Charles Stross that follows a woman who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in interdimensional politics, crime, and intrigue.
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C.
Lord of Trade
The Lord of Trade was a British government office responsible for overseeing colonial and commercial affairs, particularly through the Board of Trade, during the 17th to 19th centuries.
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D.
Minalan
Minalan is a central fantasy protagonist, best known as a powerful yet reluctant wizard whose story unfolds in the Spellmonger series.
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E.
Merchant Prince
Merchant Prince is a prestigious commercial title in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe, denoting a powerful trader who wields both economic and political influence across the galaxy.
- 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_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe55cf5dc81908cad31ac53e15b46 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4df8f78c81908c83d7d5ac996504 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.