Triple

T913027
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arthur C. Clarke Award E19704 entity
Predicate notableWinner P2766 FINISHED
Object Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson is an American speculative fiction author known for his dense, idea-driven novels that blend science, history, technology, and philosophy, such as "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon."
E108677 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: Neal Stephenson | Statement: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Neal Stephenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neal Stephenson
Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Neal Stephenson]
  • A. Cory Doctorow
    Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
  • B. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
  • C. Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
  • D. Peter Hamilton
    Peter Hamilton is a British science fiction author best known for his expansive space opera series such as the Night's Dawn trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga.
  • E. Gunnar Birkerts
    Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
  • 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: Neal Stephenson
Triple: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Neal Stephenson]
Generated description
Neal Stephenson is an American speculative fiction author known for his dense, idea-driven novels that blend science, history, technology, and philosophy, such as "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neal Stephenson
Target entity description: Neal Stephenson is an American speculative fiction author known for his dense, idea-driven novels that blend science, history, technology, and philosophy, such as "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon."
  • A. Cory Doctorow
    Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
  • B. Stephen Baxter
    Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
  • C. Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
  • D. Peter Hamilton
    Peter Hamilton is a British science fiction author best known for his expansive space opera series such as the Night's Dawn trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga.
  • E. Gunnar Birkerts
    Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
  • 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_69a4939f91a08190ba68c2c81eab90fe completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b2df9ba88190824437026796586f completed March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf5e59588190b9d2bb00adf5c871 completed March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7d037e4608190a898b872cc3bfd8d completed March 4, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d0b60f6881908060455f4a9b4ec6 completed March 4, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.