Triple
T1638812
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frank Tipler |
E35419
|
entity |
| Predicate | publication |
P80
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Physics of Immortality |
E183660
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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, publication, 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, publication, The Physics of Immortality]
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A.
The Physics of Immortality
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad6099979481908e2c506323d546dd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.