Triple
T913028
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arthur C. Clarke Award |
E19704
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWinner |
P2766
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
|
E109993
|
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: Ian McDonald | Statement: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Ian McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McDonald Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Ian McDonald]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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.
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C.
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a British-American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his long-running Xanth series.
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D.
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.
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E.
Sandra Henderson
Sandra Henderson is a Canadian former athlete best known for co-lighting the Olympic cauldron at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
- 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: Ian McDonald Triple: [Arthur C. Clarke Award, notableWinner, Ian McDonald]
Generated description
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McDonald Target entity description: Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a British-American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his long-running Xanth series.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Sandra Henderson
Sandra Henderson is a Canadian former athlete best known for co-lighting the Olympic cauldron at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
- 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_69a7ee054c808190888594a6421c4b60 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7ef1b38188190a580c0545e554958 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7ef79c1448190a227829e673cdff0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.