Triple
T953421
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Path Where No Man Thought |
E20572
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Carl Sagan |
E93
|
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: Carl Sagan | Statement: [A Path Where No Man Thought, author, Carl Sagan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Sagan Context triple: [A Path Where No Man Thought, author, Carl Sagan]
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A.
Carl Sagan
chosen
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator best known for popularizing science through works like the book and television series "Cosmos."
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B.
William Sanford Nye
William Sanford Nye is an American mechanical engineer, science educator, and television presenter best known for hosting the educational show "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
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C.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for popularizing astronomy and hosting shows like "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
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D.
Timothy Ferris
Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
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E.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
- 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3d8f2e0819097554a301f8aa70f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac119fd16c81908c43b6d3dc6d53b6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.