Triple

T1135942
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy Ferris E23139 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Coming of Age in the Milky Way is a popular science book that traces the historical development of our understanding of the universe, blending astronomy, physics, and cultural history for a general audience.
E130689 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: Coming of Age in the Milky Way | Statement: [Timothy Ferris, notableWork, Coming of Age in the Milky Way]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Context triple: [Timothy Ferris, notableWork, Coming of Age in the Milky Way]
  • A. Milky Way stellar halo
    The Milky Way stellar halo is a vast, diffuse, roughly spherical population of old, metal-poor stars and dark matter that surrounds the Milky Way’s disk and bulge, extending far into its outer regions.
  • B. The Lives of the Stars
    "The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
    "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution" is a popular science book that traces the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life and human consciousness, co-authored by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
  • E. Monoceros Ring stellar stream
    The Monoceros Ring stellar stream is a vast, ring-like structure of stars encircling the Milky Way, thought to be the remnant of a disrupted dwarf galaxy.
  • 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: Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Triple: [Timothy Ferris, notableWork, Coming of Age in the Milky Way]
Generated description
Coming of Age in the Milky Way is a popular science book that traces the historical development of our understanding of the universe, blending astronomy, physics, and cultural history for a general audience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Target entity description: Coming of Age in the Milky Way is a popular science book that traces the historical development of our understanding of the universe, blending astronomy, physics, and cultural history for a general audience.
  • A. Milky Way stellar halo
    The Milky Way stellar halo is a vast, diffuse, roughly spherical population of old, metal-poor stars and dark matter that surrounds the Milky Way’s disk and bulge, extending far into its outer regions.
  • B. The Lives of the Stars
    "The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
    "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution" is a popular science book that traces the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the emergence of life and human consciousness, co-authored by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
  • E. Monoceros Ring stellar stream
    The Monoceros Ring stellar stream is a vast, ring-like structure of stars encircling the Milky Way, thought to be the remnant of a disrupted dwarf galaxy.
  • 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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc2300c481908c60fbb1188c37c5 completed March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59ae5f20819093f8acc3ba7a6638 completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5b5e2c688190a7d4998a3ed0f443 completed March 7, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5bb6e78c8190a34ecbc246f72ff6 completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.