Triple
T8493132
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation |
E201021
|
entity |
| Predicate | appearsIn |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robots and Empire |
E40479
|
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: Robots and Empire | Statement: [U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation, appearsIn, Robots and Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robots and Empire Context triple: [U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation, appearsIn, Robots and Empire]
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A.
Robots and Empire
chosen
Robots and Empire is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that bridges his Robot and Foundation series, exploring the long-term consequences of human–robot relations and the origins of key galactic events.
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B.
The Robots of Dawn
The Robots of Dawn is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues the adventures of detective Elijah Baley as he investigates a high-stakes robotic "murder" on the Spacer world of Aurora, further developing Asimov’s robot universe and the Three Laws of Robotics.
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C.
The Rest of the Robots
The Rest of the Robots is a science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that gathers many of his classic robot tales exploring the implications of the Three Laws of Robotics.
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D.
The Complete Robot
The Complete Robot is a collection of Isaac Asimov’s robot-themed short stories that helped define his famous Three Laws of Robotics and shape modern science fiction.
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E.
The Runaway Robot
The Runaway Robot is a mid-20th-century science fiction novel by Lester del Rey that follows the adventures of a self-aware robot companion on a distant planet.
- 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_69cbe579b7088190b297b04527e36a2b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:17 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.