Triple

T15039769
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Excession
Excession is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe, exploring advanced AI, cosmic-scale mysteries, and complex political intrigue.
E1133283 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: Excession | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Excession]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excession
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Excession]
  • A. Trypticon Station
    Trypticon Station is a massive Decepticon space station and battleground featured in the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron.
  • B. The Maw
    The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
  • C. Planet of Exile
    Planet of Exile is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of cultural contact, exile, and survival on a distant, harshly seasonal planet.
  • D. The Void
    The Void is a 2016 independent horror film known for its Lovecraftian cosmic terror, practical creature effects, and cult-horror sensibilities.
  • E. Singularity Sky
    Singularity Sky is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that explores post-singularity politics, economics, and revolution in a far-future interstellar setting.
  • 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: Excession
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, Excession]
Generated description
Excession is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe, exploring advanced AI, cosmic-scale mysteries, and complex political intrigue.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excession
Target entity description: Excession is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe, exploring advanced AI, cosmic-scale mysteries, and complex political intrigue.
  • A. Trypticon Station
    Trypticon Station is a massive Decepticon space station and battleground featured in the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron.
  • B. The Maw
    The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
  • C. Planet of Exile
    Planet of Exile is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of cultural contact, exile, and survival on a distant, harshly seasonal planet.
  • D. The Void
    The Void is a 2016 independent horror film known for its Lovecraftian cosmic terror, practical creature effects, and cult-horror sensibilities.
  • E. Singularity Sky
    Singularity Sky is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that explores post-singularity politics, economics, and revolution in a far-future interstellar setting.
  • 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded82e79a481908ddb9609af8c4407 completed April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe9de1c3a48190a9b3959a95627175 completed May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe9fdba3c48190b1d370f7c066801f completed May 9, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fea0b87db881909607bcf0df5b0979 completed May 9, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.