Triple

T16035728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lathe of Heaven E388964 entity
Predicate adaptation P1964 FINISHED
Object The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)
The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) is a science fiction television movie based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel, depicting a man whose dreams can alter reality and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the attempts to control his power.
 E1190639 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 Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) | Statement: [The Lathe of Heaven, adaptation, The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)
Context triple: [The Lathe of Heaven, adaptation, The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)]
  • A. The Lathe of Heaven
    The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
  • B. Space Seed
    Space Seed is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, later central to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • C. Solaris (1972 film)
    Solaris (1972 film) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, renowned for its philosophical exploration of memory, grief, and human consciousness aboard a space station orbiting a mysterious planet.
  • D. The Terminal Man
    The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
  • E. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
  • 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 Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)
Triple: [The Lathe of Heaven, adaptation, The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)]
Generated description
The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) is a science fiction television movie based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel, depicting a man whose dreams can alter reality and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the attempts to control his power.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)
Target entity description: The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) is a science fiction television movie based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel, depicting a man whose dreams can alter reality and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the attempts to control his power.
  • A. The Lathe of Heaven
    The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
  • B. Space Seed
    Space Seed is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, later central to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • C. Solaris (1972 film)
    Solaris (1972 film) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, renowned for its philosophical exploration of memory, grief, and human consciousness aboard a space station orbiting a mysterious planet.
  • D. The Terminal Man
    The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
  • E. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
  • 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1833b84608190887dafda5d081dc0 completed April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffdbd3a1248190ad055892cebde5f0 completed May 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffdc5fd30c8190aaf66482f24285b4 completed May 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffdd0392e08190af42a0cdc5dd4c1f completed May 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.