Triple

T8493208
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Galaxy Science Fiction E201022 entity
Predicate notableContributor P304 FINISHED
Object Jack Vance
Jack Vance was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his richly imaginative worlds, ornate prose, and influential works such as the Dying Earth series.
E763886 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: Jack Vance | Statement: [Galaxy Science Fiction, notableContributor, Jack Vance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Vance
Context triple: [Galaxy Science Fiction, notableContributor, Jack Vance]
  • A. Fritz Leiber
    Fritz Leiber was an influential American writer best known for his pioneering work in fantasy and science fiction, particularly the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series and his contributions to the development of sword and sorcery.
  • B. Poul Anderson
    Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • C. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • D. Larry Niven
    Larry Niven is an American science fiction author renowned for his hard-SF works and expansive Known Space universe, which includes the acclaimed novel *Ringworld*.
  • E. Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg is a prolific American science fiction author known for his imaginative world-building, psychological depth, and numerous award-winning novels and short stories.
  • 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: Jack Vance
Triple: [Galaxy Science Fiction, notableContributor, Jack Vance]
Generated description
Jack Vance was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his richly imaginative worlds, ornate prose, and influential works such as the Dying Earth series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Vance
Target entity description: Jack Vance was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his richly imaginative worlds, ornate prose, and influential works such as the Dying Earth series.
  • A. Fritz Leiber
    Fritz Leiber was an influential American writer best known for his pioneering work in fantasy and science fiction, particularly the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series and his contributions to the development of sword and sorcery.
  • B. Poul Anderson
    Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • C. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • D. Larry Niven
    Larry Niven is an American science fiction author renowned for his hard-SF works and expansive Known Space universe, which includes the acclaimed novel *Ringworld*.
  • E. Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg is a prolific American science fiction author known for his imaginative world-building, psychological depth, and numerous award-winning novels and short stories.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_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_69cfab16ebd08190a4851e70a41e9908 completed April 3, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfac76d0f8819090c2bff520db52f4 completed April 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfad04e514819084bf30b8f026c031 completed April 3, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.