Triple
T11449471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Randall Munroe |
E271354
|
entity |
| Predicate | publication |
P80
|
FINISHED |
| Object | What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions |
E927103
|
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: What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions | Statement: [Randall Munroe, publication, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Context triple: [Randall Munroe, publication, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions]
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A.
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
chosen
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is a humorous popular science book by Randall Munroe that uses rigorous scientific reasoning to answer bizarre and imaginative questions.
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B.
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is a popular science book by Randall Munroe that uses rigorous scientific reasoning and humor to explore bizarre and imaginative questions.
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C.
What If?
"What If?" is a song by the American rock band Creed, known for its heavy guitar riffs and introspective lyrics.
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D.
What If?
What If? is Randall Munroe’s popular science blog (and later book) where he answers bizarre hypothetical questions using rigorous scientific reasoning and humor.
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E.
What If
What If is a romantic comedy film best known for its witty exploration of friendship and love, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Mackenzie Davis.
- 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_69d6aadff8888190a13f253f0d460874 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d81c6e496c8190b0a1919c29d4ee60 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e624782cf88190b696a1c7c9a56395 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.