Triple
T9320064
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Lovelock |
E224227
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Gaia hypothesis |
E37744
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Gaia hypothesis | Statement: [James Lovelock, knownFor, Gaia hypothesis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaia hypothesis Context triple: [James Lovelock, knownFor, Gaia hypothesis]
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A.
Gaia hypothesis
chosen
The Gaia hypothesis is a scientific theory proposing that Earth’s living organisms and their inorganic surroundings interact to form a self-regulating, complex system that helps maintain conditions suitable for life.
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B.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
"Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" is James Lovelock’s influential book that introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living system.
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C.
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution is a collection of scientific and philosophical essays exploring Gaia theory, symbiosis, and evolutionary biology, co-authored by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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D.
The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
"The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?" is a book by paleontologist Peter Ward that challenges the Gaia hypothesis by arguing that life tends to destabilize and ultimately destroy its own environment rather than sustain it.
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E.
Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth
"Gaia’s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth" is a scientific and philosophical book by Tyler Volk that explores Earth as an integrated, self-regulating system analogous to a living organism.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8426d48481909596360f7791c7dd |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd358dcb4c81909e00bfb58a6dda3f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0e3aa178881909e773e11c3892381 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:10 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:38 p.m.