Triple

T15169706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sphere (1998 film) E362451 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object Sphere (novel)
Sphere is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that follows a team of scientists investigating a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor.
E1142501 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: Sphere (novel) | Statement: [Sphere (1998 film), basedOn, Sphere (novel)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sphere (novel)
Context triple: [Sphere (1998 film), basedOn, Sphere (novel)]
  • A. The Sphere
    The Sphere is a large bronze sculpture by Fritz Koenig that became an iconic memorial symbol after surviving the September 11 attacks and is now displayed in Liberty Park near the World Trade Center site.
  • B. The Sphere
    The Sphere was a British illustrated weekly newspaper and magazine known for its coverage of news, culture, and world events in the early 20th century.
  • C. Galatea of the Spheres
    Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
  • D. Point Omega
    Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
  • E. Dayworld
    Dayworld is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer that depicts an overpopulated future where people are only allowed to live one day a week under a rigidly scheduled society.
  • 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: Sphere (novel)
Triple: [Sphere (1998 film), basedOn, Sphere (novel)]
Generated description
Sphere is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that follows a team of scientists investigating a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sphere (novel)
Target entity description: Sphere is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that follows a team of scientists investigating a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor.
  • A. The Sphere
    The Sphere is a large bronze sculpture by Fritz Koenig that became an iconic memorial symbol after surviving the September 11 attacks and is now displayed in Liberty Park near the World Trade Center site.
  • B. The Sphere
    The Sphere was a British illustrated weekly newspaper and magazine known for its coverage of news, culture, and world events in the early 20th century.
  • C. Galatea of the Spheres
    Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
  • D. Point Omega
    Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
  • E. Dayworld
    Dayworld is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer that depicts an overpopulated future where people are only allowed to live one day a week under a rigidly scheduled society.
  • 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064ec56481909f11fa6e5686f076 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec889c3408190bdfc75ce72dd5a62 completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec93109c08190a3499e4520e31604 completed May 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fecc6fa8f88190aa6956e6e2b1f8ab completed May 9, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.