Triple
T13350375
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors |
E318052
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasContributor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ann Druyan |
E5483
|
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: Ann Druyan | Statement: [Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, hasContributor, Ann Druyan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Druyan Context triple: [Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, hasContributor, Ann Druyan]
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A.
Ann Druyan
chosen
Ann Druyan is an American writer and producer best known for co-writing the original "Cosmos" television series and continuing Carl Sagan’s legacy in popularizing science and astronomy.
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B.
Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer best known as a pioneering leader in the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
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C.
Sandra Jo Tinsley
Sandra Jo Tinsley is best known as the wife of American actor Forrest Tucker, a popular film and television star active from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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D.
Janna Levin
Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist, author, and professor known for her work on black holes, the shape of the universe, and the cultural impact of physics.
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E.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
- 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d99e8c2f1c819094f0970f35f18afa |
completed | April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f74615b0f08190a8eb8d8a87cb7053 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.