Triple
T8578653
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
E203111
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Scalzi |
E219642
|
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: John Scalzi | Statement: [Patrick Nielsen Hayden, influenced, John Scalzi]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Scalzi Context triple: [Patrick Nielsen Hayden, influenced, John Scalzi]
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A.
John Scalzi
chosen
John Scalzi is an American science fiction author and blogger best known for his novel "Old Man's War" and his influential online writing on the blog Whatever.
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B.
Charles Stross
Charles Stross is a British science fiction and fantasy author known for his inventive, genre-blending works such as the "Laundry Files" and "Merchant Princes" series.
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C.
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a British science fiction author and academic known for his inventive novels, critical studies of the genre, and multiple award-winning works.
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D.
Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
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E.
James S. A. Corey
James S. A. Corey is the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, best known for writing the science fiction series The Expanse.
- 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea989bec81909b8c8b4af7c568ff |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce89a5d18c81908a21cf5e5944d6e1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.