Triple

T12091363
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel R. Delany E287948 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Babel-17
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
E964926 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: Babel-17 | Statement: [Samuel R. Delany, notableWork, Babel-17]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babel-17
Context triple: [Samuel R. Delany, notableWork, Babel-17]
  • A. The Fountains of Paradise
    The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
  • B. The Dosadi Experiment
    The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
  • C. The Songs of Distant Earth
    The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
  • D. The World of Null-A
    The World of Null-A is a classic mid-20th-century science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt that explores a future society structured around non-Aristotelian logic and complex mind games.
  • E. Baleyworld
    Baleyworld is a human-colonized planet in Isaac Asimov’s Robot/Foundation universe, named after detective Elijah Baley and known for its significance in the expansion of Earth’s Spacer-descended societies.
  • 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: Babel-17
Triple: [Samuel R. Delany, notableWork, Babel-17]
Generated description
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babel-17
Target entity description: Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
  • A. The Fountains of Paradise
    The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
  • B. The Dosadi Experiment
    The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
  • C. The Songs of Distant Earth
    The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
  • D. The World of Null-A
    The World of Null-A is a classic mid-20th-century science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt that explores a future society structured around non-Aristotelian logic and complex mind games.
  • E. Baleyworld
    Baleyworld is a human-colonized planet in Isaac Asimov’s Robot/Foundation universe, named after detective Elijah Baley and known for its significance in the expansion of Earth’s Spacer-descended societies.
  • 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_69d6ab4964708190850585628b287b0c completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9151797988190b0d007ea806bcf02 completed April 10, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f66d1b44819091f638d2a621ecde completed May 2, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f600b51f488190a85a8f10f190b3c0 completed May 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f601e7f3b0819098a2245b9f9316b9 completed May 2, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.