Triple

T1067782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Giuseppe Cocconi E23251 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Searching for Interstellar Communications
"Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
E124727 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: Searching for Interstellar Communications | Statement: [Giuseppe Cocconi, notableWork, Searching for Interstellar Communications]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Searching for Interstellar Communications
Context triple: [Giuseppe Cocconi, notableWork, Searching for Interstellar Communications]
  • A. SETI
    SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • B. Arecibo message
    The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
  • C. METI
    METI (Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is the scientific and philosophical endeavor focused on actively sending intentional signals into space to communicate with potential extraterrestrial civilizations.
  • D. Drake equation
    The Drake equation is a probabilistic formula used to estimate the number of technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that might exist in our galaxy.
  • E. SETI Institute
    The SETI Institute is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to exploring, understanding, and explaining the origin and nature of life in the universe, including the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
  • 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: Searching for Interstellar Communications
Triple: [Giuseppe Cocconi, notableWork, Searching for Interstellar Communications]
Generated description
"Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Searching for Interstellar Communications
Target entity description: "Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
  • A. SETI
    SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • B. Arecibo message
    The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
  • C. METI
    METI (Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is the scientific and philosophical endeavor focused on actively sending intentional signals into space to communicate with potential extraterrestrial civilizations.
  • D. Drake equation
    The Drake equation is a probabilistic formula used to estimate the number of technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that might exist in our galaxy.
  • E. SETI Institute
    The SETI Institute is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to exploring, understanding, and explaining the origin and nature of life in the universe, including the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
  • 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b911f06881908659cb85ba1e05e0 completed March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac42a51c208190a9a603100ed7f5dc completed March 7, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac431f9ebc81908bcc9b259b2e47a8 completed March 7, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac43a2a294819095cf58c39118389f completed March 7, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.