Triple

T10816675
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fred Hoyle E255247 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Black Cloud
The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by astronomer Fred Hoyle that imagines a sentient interstellar gas cloud entering the solar system and threatening life on Earth.
E887638 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: The Black Cloud | Statement: [Fred Hoyle, notableWork, The Black Cloud]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Black Cloud
Context triple: [Fred Hoyle, notableWork, The Black Cloud]
  • A. The Dark Clouds Above
    "The Dark Clouds Above" is a politically charged folk-rock song by Tom Morello from his solo project The Nightwatchman.
  • B. The Black Thing
    The Black Thing is a malevolent cosmic force embodying darkness and evil that threatens the universe in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel *A Wrinkle in Time*.
  • C. The Menacing Mist
    "The Menacing Mist" is an episode title from the 1939 science-fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, which starred Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
  • D. Spectres in the Fog
    "Spectres in the Fog" is a dramatic orchestral track composed by Hans Zimmer for the score of the 2003 film *The Last Samurai*, known for its tense, atmospheric build-up and emotional intensity.
  • E. The Black Ghosts
    The Black Ghosts are a British electronic music duo known for blending indie pop melodies with electro and dance influences.
  • 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: The Black Cloud
Triple: [Fred Hoyle, notableWork, The Black Cloud]
Generated description
The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by astronomer Fred Hoyle that imagines a sentient interstellar gas cloud entering the solar system and threatening life on Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Black Cloud
Target entity description: The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by astronomer Fred Hoyle that imagines a sentient interstellar gas cloud entering the solar system and threatening life on Earth.
  • A. The Dark Clouds Above
    "The Dark Clouds Above" is a politically charged folk-rock song by Tom Morello from his solo project The Nightwatchman.
  • B. The Black Thing
    The Black Thing is a malevolent cosmic force embodying darkness and evil that threatens the universe in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel *A Wrinkle in Time*.
  • C. The Menacing Mist
    "The Menacing Mist" is an episode title from the 1939 science-fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, which starred Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
  • D. Spectres in the Fog
    "Spectres in the Fog" is a dramatic orchestral track composed by Hans Zimmer for the score of the 2003 film *The Last Samurai*, known for its tense, atmospheric build-up and emotional intensity.
  • E. The Black Ghosts
    The Black Ghosts are a British electronic music duo known for blending indie pop melodies with electro and dance influences.
  • 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_69d6aa8081448190a9324184f2bd1c26 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733eea03c8190a68f4d4f89f497a2 completed April 9, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de855799748190b51745a198daa8d0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8955b9d8819086ff98efbff6c7a0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8f4a318c819086559fd53506ab29 completed April 14, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.