Triple
T11492789
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bruce Sterling |
E272455
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Gibson |
E474484
|
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: William Gibson | Statement: [Bruce Sterling, coAuthor, William Gibson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gibson Context triple: [Bruce Sterling, coAuthor, William Gibson]
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A.
William Gibson
chosen
William Gibson is a pioneering science fiction author best known for helping define the cyberpunk genre with works like "Neuromancer," which profoundly influenced later speculative fiction writers.
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B.
William Gibson
William Gibson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his Tony Award–winning play "The Miracle Worker," which dramatizes the early life of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.
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C.
Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author and futurist best known as a leading figure in the cyberpunk movement and for works such as "Islands in the Net" and "Schismatrix."
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D.
Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge is an American science fiction author and retired computer scientist known for popularizing the concept of the technological singularity and for his multiple award-winning novels and stories.
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E.
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson is an American speculative fiction author known for his dense, idea-driven novels that blend science, history, technology, and philosophy, such as "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon."
- 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_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_69e624c3691081908f2e448aebab40aa |
completed | April 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.