Triple

T1208738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nourse E25949 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Alan E. Nourse
Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
E396768 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: Alan E. Nourse | Statement: [Nourse, hasNotableBearer, Alan E. Nourse]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan E. Nourse
Context triple: [Nourse, hasNotableBearer, Alan E. Nourse]
  • A. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • B. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • C. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • D. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • E. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • 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: Alan E. Nourse
Triple: [Nourse, hasNotableBearer, Alan E. Nourse]
Generated description
Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan E. Nourse
Target entity description: Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • A. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • B. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • C. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • D. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • E. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • 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_69a4942b30f08190a91c60573e16b5ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bde30ce08190ab60a181ad2d321d completed March 1, 2026, 10:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c512b108190b08245662695b8ca completed March 14, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51cd116d08190beeb1cd8e9d05468 completed March 14, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51d865f20819095418bd080ce2bb4 completed March 14, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.