Triple
T9866544
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Blish |
E239846
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Benjamin Blish |
E239846
|
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: James Benjamin Blish | Statement: [James Blish, birthName, James Benjamin Blish]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Benjamin Blish Context triple: [James Blish, birthName, James Benjamin Blish]
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A.
James Blish
chosen
James Blish was an influential American science fiction author and critic, best known for his "Cities in Flight" series and for helping shape mid-20th-century science fiction through both his fiction and literary analysis.
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B.
Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
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C.
Hal Clement
Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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D.
Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
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E.
Thomas M. Disch
Thomas M. Disch was an influential American author and critic whose innovative, often darkly satirical works made him a central figure in the New Wave science fiction movement.
- 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_69ca84e7506c819095cbde4ff16512bb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb3d091e48190b10463562d0dc461 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d8dbc697388190b384c7ed9e6a65dc |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:36 p.m.