Triple
T8836830
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cummings |
E210285
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ray Cummings
Ray Cummings was an American science fiction writer active in the early 20th century, known for pioneering works that helped shape the genre’s development.
|
E786225
|
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: Ray Cummings | Statement: [Cummings, hasNotableBearer, Ray Cummings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Cummings Context triple: [Cummings, hasNotableBearer, Ray Cummings]
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A.
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
E. E. "Doc" Smith
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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C.
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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D.
F. H. Varley
F. H. Varley was a Canadian painter and founding member of the Group of Seven, renowned for his expressive landscapes and portraits.
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E.
Virgil Finlay
Virgil Finlay was an American illustrator renowned for his intricate, stippled black-and-white artwork that became iconic in mid-20th-century science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines.
- 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: Ray Cummings Triple: [Cummings, hasNotableBearer, Ray Cummings]
Generated description
Ray Cummings was an American science fiction writer active in the early 20th century, known for pioneering works that helped shape the genre’s development.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Cummings Target entity description: Ray Cummings was an American science fiction writer active in the early 20th century, known for pioneering works that helped shape the genre’s development.
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A.
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
-
B.
E. E. "Doc" Smith
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
F. H. Varley
F. H. Varley was a Canadian painter and founding member of the Group of Seven, renowned for his expressive landscapes and portraits.
-
E.
Virgil Finlay
Virgil Finlay was an American illustrator renowned for his intricate, stippled black-and-white artwork that became iconic in mid-20th-century science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines.
- 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_69ca8388549c819095fd94eadefbb007 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc606adde08190825dbdabd199c025 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0772ba2808190b8b7948a09b8dee5 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0789ce9908190b5771e07f8b91ec0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0791194948190ad0f1a3114b9b0ef |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:47 p.m.