Triple

T13234100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Hoover E315098 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Touchdown Gene
The Touchdown Gene is a science fiction novel by Thomas Hoover that blends genetic engineering with high-stakes sports and techno-thriller intrigue.
E1029668 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: The Touchdown Gene | Statement: [Thomas Hoover, notableWork, The Touchdown Gene]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Touchdown Gene
Context triple: [Thomas Hoover, notableWork, The Touchdown Gene]
  • A. The Long Reach of the Gene
    "The Long Reach of the Gene" is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential book *The Selfish Gene* that explores how genes exert effects beyond the bodies they inhabit, shaping behavior and even aspects of the environment to enhance their own propagation.
  • B. The Cooperative Gene
    The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
  • C. The Gene Machine
    The Gene Machine is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential evolutionary biology book "The Selfish Gene" that explores organisms as vehicles shaped by genes to ensure their own replication.
  • D. Not in Our Genes
    Not in Our Genes is a 1984 book by Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon Kamin that critiques genetic determinism and argues for the central role of environment and social factors in shaping human behavior and abilities.
  • E. Protogeneia
    Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
  • 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: The Touchdown Gene
Triple: [Thomas Hoover, notableWork, The Touchdown Gene]
Generated description
The Touchdown Gene is a science fiction novel by Thomas Hoover that blends genetic engineering with high-stakes sports and techno-thriller intrigue.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Touchdown Gene
Target entity description: The Touchdown Gene is a science fiction novel by Thomas Hoover that blends genetic engineering with high-stakes sports and techno-thriller intrigue.
  • A. The Long Reach of the Gene
    "The Long Reach of the Gene" is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential book *The Selfish Gene* that explores how genes exert effects beyond the bodies they inhabit, shaping behavior and even aspects of the environment to enhance their own propagation.
  • B. The Cooperative Gene
    The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
  • C. The Gene Machine
    The Gene Machine is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential evolutionary biology book "The Selfish Gene" that explores organisms as vehicles shaped by genes to ensure their own replication.
  • D. Not in Our Genes
    Not in Our Genes is a 1984 book by Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon Kamin that critiques genetic determinism and argues for the central role of environment and social factors in shaping human behavior and abilities.
  • E. Protogeneia
    Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
  • 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_69d806affc688190a25b6ccc588e9c72 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98d36bdf8819099949b1e0e6902d3 completed April 10, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6ff2dca2c81909cab1aa868ad575d completed May 3, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70476310c8190b13dc948c1f1ce95 completed May 3, 2026, 8:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70578047c819089fc3044eceb4eac completed May 3, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:22 p.m.