Triple

T12091366
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel R. Delany E287948 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a 1984 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and social structures within a vast, intricate interstellar civilization.
E966020 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: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand | Statement: [Samuel R. Delany, notableWork, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Context triple: [Samuel R. Delany, notableWork, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand]
  • A. Daisies of the Galaxy
    Daisies of the Galaxy is a 2000 indie rock album by Eels known for its melodic, introspective songs and the hit single "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues."
  • B. The Way to the Stars
    The Way to the Stars is a 1945 British war drama film that poignantly portrays the lives and relationships of RAF airmen and civilians on the home front during World War II.
  • C. The City and the Stars
    The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
  • D. 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.
  • E. The Skylark of Space
    The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
  • 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: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Triple: [Samuel R. Delany, notableWork, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand]
Generated description
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a 1984 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and social structures within a vast, intricate interstellar civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Target entity description: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a 1984 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and social structures within a vast, intricate interstellar civilization.
  • A. Daisies of the Galaxy
    Daisies of the Galaxy is a 2000 indie rock album by Eels known for its melodic, introspective songs and the hit single "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues."
  • B. The Way to the Stars
    The Way to the Stars is a 1945 British war drama film that poignantly portrays the lives and relationships of RAF airmen and civilians on the home front during World War II.
  • C. The City and the Stars
    The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
  • D. 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.
  • E. The Skylark of Space
    The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
  • 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_69f601ef0a9c8190ac922562a8856def completed May 2, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.