Triple
T8494022
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lensman series |
E201049
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | E. E. "Doc" Smith |
E252418
|
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: E. E. "Doc" Smith | Statement: [Lensman series, author, E. E. "Doc" Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. E. "Doc" Smith Context triple: [Lensman series, author, E. E. "Doc" Smith]
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A.
E. E. "Doc" Smith
chosen
E. E. "Doc" Smith was an American science fiction author best known for pioneering the space opera subgenre with his influential Lensman and Skylark series during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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B.
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
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C.
Clifford D. Simak
Clifford D. Simak was an American science fiction author renowned for his humane, pastoral style and influential works such as "City" and "Way Station."
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D.
Henry Kuttner
Henry Kuttner was an influential American author renowned for his imaginative and psychologically rich science fiction and fantasy stories during the mid-20th century.
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E.
H. L. Gold
H. L. Gold was an influential American science fiction editor and writer best known for shaping the genre through his innovative leadership of mid-20th-century magazines.
- 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_69cfeace262881909dedeb1a07e95279 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.