Triple

T13350476
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Cold and the Dark E318055 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
E1039983 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: Owen B. Toon | Statement: [The Cold and the Dark, coAuthor, Owen B. Toon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owen B. Toon
Context triple: [The Cold and the Dark, coAuthor, Owen B. Toon]
  • A. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • B. Bruce C. Murray
    Bruce C. Murray was an American planetary scientist and former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for his leadership in Mars and planetary exploration.
  • C. Howard Drossin
    Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
  • D. G. Scott Hubbard
    G. Scott Hubbard is an American space scientist and former NASA official known for his leadership in Mars exploration programs and contributions to space safety and policy.
  • E. Edward M. Wright
    Edward M. Wright was a British mathematician best known as the co-author, with G. H. Hardy, of the classic textbook "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers."
  • 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: Owen B. Toon
Triple: [The Cold and the Dark, coAuthor, Owen B. Toon]
Generated description
Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owen B. Toon
Target entity description: Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
  • A. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • B. Bruce C. Murray
    Bruce C. Murray was an American planetary scientist and former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for his leadership in Mars and planetary exploration.
  • C. Howard Drossin
    Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
  • D. G. Scott Hubbard
    G. Scott Hubbard is an American space scientist and former NASA official known for his leadership in Mars exploration programs and contributions to space safety and policy.
  • E. Edward M. Wright
    Edward M. Wright was a British mathematician best known as the co-author, with G. H. Hardy, of the classic textbook "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers."
  • 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_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_69f7397b871c819081272c48b3210e00 completed May 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f73a6bb0b0819095a43154ef31712c completed May 3, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f73acdbbd88190909bf123926fe433 completed May 3, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.