Triple
T16843084
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting) |
E409461
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasTechnology |
P1485
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Babel fish
The Babel fish is a tiny, telepathic, fictional creature from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" that instantly translates any spoken language for its host.
|
E1237128
|
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: Babel fish | Statement: [Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting), hasTechnology, Babel fish]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babel fish Context triple: [Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting), hasTechnology, Babel fish]
-
A.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
-
B.
Vogon
Vogons are a fictional alien species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notorious for their bureaucratic cruelty and infamously bad poetry.
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C.
Heptapods
Heptapods are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the science fiction film "Arrival," characterized by their seven-limbed physiology and complex, non-linear written language.
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D.
Deep Thought
Deep Thought was an early IBM-developed chess computer that became famous for competing at a grandmaster level, including high-profile matches against world champion Garry Kasparov.
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E.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Marvin the Paranoid Android is a chronically depressed, hyper-intelligent robot from Douglas Adams' science fiction comedy series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
- 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: Babel fish Triple: [Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting), hasTechnology, Babel fish]
Generated description
The Babel fish is a tiny, telepathic, fictional creature from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" that instantly translates any spoken language for its host.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babel fish Target entity description: The Babel fish is a tiny, telepathic, fictional creature from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" that instantly translates any spoken language for its host.
-
A.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
-
B.
Vogon
Vogons are a fictional alien species from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," notorious for their bureaucratic cruelty and infamously bad poetry.
-
C.
Heptapods
Heptapods are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the science fiction film "Arrival," characterized by their seven-limbed physiology and complex, non-linear written language.
-
D.
Deep Thought
Deep Thought was an early IBM-developed chess computer that became famous for competing at a grandmaster level, including high-profile matches against world champion Garry Kasparov.
-
E.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Marvin the Paranoid Android is a chronically depressed, hyper-intelligent robot from Douglas Adams' science fiction comedy series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
- 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b35284588190a1d6238438f3e70d |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00bb1b47648190909eaaf4e1e8e4c3 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00bc22dc1c81909edc5cdb239f0ea8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00bce879648190acbd5645cd1a4ec8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.