Triple

T900807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arthur C. Clarke E19440 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Clarke's three laws
Clarke's three laws are a set of aphorisms about science and technology, most famously stating that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
E106937 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: Clarke's three laws | Statement: [Arthur C. Clarke, knownFor, Clarke's three laws]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarke's three laws
Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, knownFor, Clarke's three laws]
  • A. I, Robot
    I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
  • B. Asimov's Chronology of the World
    Asimov's Chronology of the World is a comprehensive historical reference book by Isaac Asimov that presents a chronological overview of world history from prehistoric times to the modern era.
  • C. Die Welträthsel
    Die Welträthsel is a late-19th-century philosophical and scientific work by Ernst Haeckel that attempts to explain the fundamental "riddles of the universe" through a monistic, evolutionary worldview.
  • D. The Naked Sun
    The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.
  • E. The Caves of Steel
    The Caves of Steel is a science fiction detective novel by Isaac Asimov that blends futuristic robotics with a classic murder mystery set in an overpopulated, enclosed megacity.
  • 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: Clarke's three laws
Triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, knownFor, Clarke's three laws]
Generated description
Clarke's three laws are a set of aphorisms about science and technology, most famously stating that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarke's three laws
Target entity description: Clarke's three laws are a set of aphorisms about science and technology, most famously stating that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
  • A. I, Robot
    I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
  • B. Asimov's Chronology of the World
    Asimov's Chronology of the World is a comprehensive historical reference book by Isaac Asimov that presents a chronological overview of world history from prehistoric times to the modern era.
  • C. Die Welträthsel
    Die Welträthsel is a late-19th-century philosophical and scientific work by Ernst Haeckel that attempts to explain the fundamental "riddles of the universe" through a monistic, evolutionary worldview.
  • D. The Naked Sun
    The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.
  • E. The Caves of Steel
    The Caves of Steel is a science fiction detective novel by Isaac Asimov that blends futuristic robotics with a classic murder mystery set in an overpopulated, enclosed megacity.
  • 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_69a7c734e680819098840e9c736b5ead completed March 4, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7c8a3064081908772ee2305bbe3e1 completed March 4, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7c8fecaac8190a7b1a1cd2fa98a2d completed March 4, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.