Triple
T900821
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arthur C. Clarke |
E19440
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gentry Lee
Gentry Lee is an American aerospace engineer and science fiction author best known for collaborating with Arthur C. Clarke on several novels, including the later books in the Rama series.
|
E118989
|
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: Gentry Lee | Statement: [Arthur C. Clarke, coAuthor, Gentry Lee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gentry Lee Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, coAuthor, Gentry Lee]
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A.
Benjamin Mako Hill
Benjamin Mako Hill is a prominent free software activist, scholar, and Debian developer known for his leadership in the free culture movement and research on online communities.
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B.
Wyatt Tee Walker
Wyatt Tee Walker was an influential American civil rights leader, close aide to Martin Luther King Jr., and chief strategist and organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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C.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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D.
Jesse K. Dubois
Jesse K. Dubois was an Illinois politician and close ally of Abraham Lincoln who served as the state's auditor of public accounts in the mid-19th century.
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E.
Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
- 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: Gentry Lee Triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, coAuthor, Gentry Lee]
Generated description
Gentry Lee is an American aerospace engineer and science fiction author best known for collaborating with Arthur C. Clarke on several novels, including the later books in the Rama series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gentry Lee Target entity description: Gentry Lee is an American aerospace engineer and science fiction author best known for collaborating with Arthur C. Clarke on several novels, including the later books in the Rama series.
-
A.
Benjamin Mako Hill
Benjamin Mako Hill is a prominent free software activist, scholar, and Debian developer known for his leadership in the free culture movement and research on online communities.
-
B.
Wyatt Tee Walker
Wyatt Tee Walker was an influential American civil rights leader, close aide to Martin Luther King Jr., and chief strategist and organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
-
C.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
-
D.
Jesse K. Dubois
Jesse K. Dubois was an Illinois politician and close ally of Abraham Lincoln who served as the state's auditor of public accounts in the mid-19th century.
-
E.
Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
- 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_69ac3b9b7eb88190b7fa4f9dbcc73d64 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac3c5009a4819096a0473589235f4f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac3caa8ca88190994c7158d0e91f87 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.