Triple

T11492773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bruce Sterling E272455 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Islands in the Net
Islands in the Net is a 1988 cyberpunk science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling that explores global networks, corporate power, and political upheaval in a near-future world.
E929000 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: Islands in the Net | Statement: [Bruce Sterling, notableWork, Islands in the Net]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Islands in the Net
Context triple: [Bruce Sterling, notableWork, Islands in the Net]
  • A. The Network
    The Network is a mysterious, satirical new wave/punk side project band believed to feature Green Day members, including Billie Joe Armstrong, performing under disguises and pseudonyms.
  • B. The Network
    The Network is an organization or collective with which Balducci is professionally or formally associated.
  • C. The Network
    The Network is a powerful, clandestine organization in the Utopia universe that orchestrates widespread control and manipulation from behind the scenes.
  • D. Without a Net
    "Without a Net" is a live album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1990 and celebrated for its high-quality recordings from the band’s late-1980s concert performances.
  • E. The Net
    The Net is a 1995 techno-thriller film starring Sandra Bullock as a computer analyst whose identity is erased by cybercriminals, directed by Irwin Winkler.
  • 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: Islands in the Net
Triple: [Bruce Sterling, notableWork, Islands in the Net]
Generated description
Islands in the Net is a 1988 cyberpunk science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling that explores global networks, corporate power, and political upheaval in a near-future world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Islands in the Net
Target entity description: Islands in the Net is a 1988 cyberpunk science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling that explores global networks, corporate power, and political upheaval in a near-future world.
  • A. The Network
    The Network is a mysterious, satirical new wave/punk side project band believed to feature Green Day members, including Billie Joe Armstrong, performing under disguises and pseudonyms.
  • B. The Network
    The Network is an organization or collective with which Balducci is professionally or formally associated.
  • C. The Network
    The Network is a powerful, clandestine organization in the Utopia universe that orchestrates widespread control and manipulation from behind the scenes.
  • D. Without a Net
    "Without a Net" is a live album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1990 and celebrated for its high-quality recordings from the band’s late-1980s concert performances.
  • E. The Net
    The Net is a 1995 techno-thriller film starring Sandra Bullock as a computer analyst whose identity is erased by cybercriminals, directed by Irwin Winkler.
  • 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_69d6aae1b09881909ce2ded3fa0c14fa completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d85a21fb048190acb0960aefd4fe0a completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e6047d95548190b445aa3b4f1e71cc completed April 20, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e610a6de0c8190aabda7ef7b7063a6 completed April 20, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e61842b8848190b454cee480c69f7a completed April 20, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.