Triple

T1638799

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Frank Tipler	`E35419`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	The Physics of Immortality The Physics of Immortality is a controversial 1994 book by physicist Frank J. Tipler that uses speculative cosmology and physics to argue for the scientific possibility of resurrection and eternal life.	`E183660`	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 Physics of Immortality | Statement: [Frank Tipler, notableWork, The Physics of Immortality]

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

Target entity: The Physics of Immortality
Context triple: [Frank Tipler, notableWork, The Physics of Immortality]

A. Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
"Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever" is a futurist health and longevity book that outlines science-based strategies to extend human life long enough to benefit from anticipated advances in biotechnology and life-extension technologies.
B. The Direction of Time
The Direction of Time is a seminal philosophical work by Hans Reichenbach that analyzes the nature and asymmetry of time, especially in relation to causality and thermodynamics.
C. Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever is a health and longevity guide that combines nutrition, exercise, supplements, and emerging biotechnology to help readers extend their healthy lifespan.
D. Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
E. The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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 Physics of Immortality
Triple: [Frank Tipler, notableWork, The Physics of Immortality]

Generated description

The Physics of Immortality is a controversial 1994 book by physicist Frank J. Tipler that uses speculative cosmology and physics to argue for the scientific possibility of resurrection and eternal life.

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

Target entity: The Physics of Immortality
Target entity description: The Physics of Immortality is a controversial 1994 book by physicist Frank J. Tipler that uses speculative cosmology and physics to argue for the scientific possibility of resurrection and eternal life.

A. Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
"Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever" is a futurist health and longevity book that outlines science-based strategies to extend human life long enough to benefit from anticipated advances in biotechnology and life-extension technologies.
B. The Direction of Time
The Direction of Time is a seminal philosophical work by Hans Reichenbach that analyzes the nature and asymmetry of time, especially in relation to causality and thermodynamics.
C. Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever is a health and longevity guide that combines nutrition, exercise, supplements, and emerging biotechnology to help readers extend their healthy lifespan.
D. Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
E. The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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_69a88604618c81908b41f6429c431eb6`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a90a1ac46081909f10e793898a9911`	completed	March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ad58ddfdbc819096578412818fdfbf`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ad595841788190a97bbfded30110c5`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ad59f329cc8190814de211fb00c7b8`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:13 a.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.