Triple

T15624118

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy	`E375636`	entity
Predicate	notableConcept	`P201`	FINISHED
Object	three-body problem The three-body problem is a classic physics and orbital mechanics challenge involving predicting the motion of three gravitationally interacting bodies, famously used as a central scientific and metaphorical theme in Liu Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy.	`E1167709`	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: three-body problem | Statement: [Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, notableConcept, three-body problem]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: three-body problem
Context triple: [Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, notableConcept, three-body problem]

A. Newtonian celestial mechanics
Newtonian celestial mechanics is the classical theory that uses Newton’s laws of motion and universal gravitation to predict and explain the motions of celestial bodies such as planets, moons, and comets.
B. Mécanique céleste
Mécanique céleste is Pierre-Simon Laplace’s landmark multi-volume treatise that reformulated celestial mechanics using Newtonian gravitation and advanced mathematical analysis, profoundly shaping modern astronomy and physics.
C. Gauss’s planetary equations
Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
D. NewtonThree
NewtonThree is a liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by Virgin Orbit to power the first stage of its LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.
E. Celestial Mechanics
Celestial Mechanics is a branch of astronomy and physics that studies the motions and gravitational interactions of celestial bodies such as planets, moons, and comets.
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: three-body problem
Triple: [Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, notableConcept, three-body problem]

Generated description

The three-body problem is a classic physics and orbital mechanics challenge involving predicting the motion of three gravitationally interacting bodies, famously used as a central scientific and metaphorical theme in Liu Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: three-body problem
Target entity description: The three-body problem is a classic physics and orbital mechanics challenge involving predicting the motion of three gravitationally interacting bodies, famously used as a central scientific and metaphorical theme in Liu Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy.

A. Newtonian celestial mechanics
Newtonian celestial mechanics is the classical theory that uses Newton’s laws of motion and universal gravitation to predict and explain the motions of celestial bodies such as planets, moons, and comets.
B. Mécanique céleste
Mécanique céleste is Pierre-Simon Laplace’s landmark multi-volume treatise that reformulated celestial mechanics using Newtonian gravitation and advanced mathematical analysis, profoundly shaping modern astronomy and physics.
C. Gauss’s planetary equations
Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
D. NewtonThree
NewtonThree is a liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by Virgin Orbit to power the first stage of its LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.
E. Celestial Mechanics
Celestial Mechanics is a branch of astronomy and physics that studies the motions and gravitational interactions of celestial bodies such as planets, moons, and comets.
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_69d85ccf2794819096cda4cbcb02d478`	completed	April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e04e9cfd94819091459aa17a002eaf`	completed	April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ff5f3f65dc8190ac94db1d4d53d77f`	completed	May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ff60188df48190a1cc891757a795d0`	completed	May 9, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ff60938ef081908cd88cf8242bc785`	completed	May 9, 2026, 4:28 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.