Triple

T900791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arthur C. Clarke E19440 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
 E112596 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: The Nine Billion Names of God | Statement: [Arthur C. Clarke, notableWork, The Nine Billion Names of God]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Nine Billion Names of God
Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, notableWork, The Nine Billion Names of God]
  • A. The Gods Themselves
    The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
  • B. The Fountains of Paradise
    The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
  • C. Rendezvous with Rama
    Rendezvous with Rama is a classic hard science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious alien starship entering the Solar System.
  • D. Childhood's End
    Childhood's End is a landmark science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's transcendence and the profound consequences of a seemingly benevolent alien intervention.
  • E. The City and the Stars
    The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
  • 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: The Nine Billion Names of God
Triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, notableWork, The Nine Billion Names of God]
Generated description
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Nine Billion Names of God
Target entity description: "The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
  • A. The Gods Themselves
    The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
  • B. The Fountains of Paradise
    The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
  • C. Rendezvous with Rama
    Rendezvous with Rama is a classic hard science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious alien starship entering the Solar System.
  • D. Childhood's End
    Childhood's End is a landmark science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's transcendence and the profound consequences of a seemingly benevolent alien intervention.
  • E. The City and the Stars
    The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
  • 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_69a4939e889c8190ac148b3ac1a7f90b completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ad42ecac81909f8bc554d2fe0363 completed March 1, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a9339e557c81908d4d44f922994ba0 completed March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a939dc47088190a67f78eaf654164e completed March 5, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aa969be4648190a74982d015763dcd completed March 6, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.