Triple
T15039773
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iain M. Banks |
E378569
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Hydrogen Sonata
The Hydrogen Sonata is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe, exploring themes of civilization-scale transformation, identity, and the ethics of advanced technology.
|
E1133286
|
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 Hydrogen Sonata | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Hydrogen Sonata]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hydrogen Sonata Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Hydrogen Sonata]
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A.
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.
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B.
Anathem
Anathem is a 2008 science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that explores philosophy, mathematics, and parallel universes through the lives of cloistered scholars on an alien world.
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C.
The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
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D.
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.
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E.
The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream
The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream is John Keats’s unfinished, more philosophically complex reworking of his earlier epic Hyperion, blending visionary dream narrative with reflections on suffering, imagination, and the role of the poet.
- 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 Hydrogen Sonata Triple: [Iain M. Banks, notableWork, The Hydrogen Sonata]
Generated description
The Hydrogen Sonata is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe, exploring themes of civilization-scale transformation, identity, and the ethics of advanced technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hydrogen Sonata Target entity description: The Hydrogen Sonata is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe, exploring themes of civilization-scale transformation, identity, and the ethics of advanced technology.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Anathem
Anathem is a 2008 science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that explores philosophy, mathematics, and parallel universes through the lives of cloistered scholars on an alien world.
-
C.
The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream
The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream is John Keats’s unfinished, more philosophically complex reworking of his earlier epic Hyperion, blending visionary dream narrative with reflections on suffering, imagination, and the role of the poet.
- 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.