Triple

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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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.