Triple
T17122448
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Julian Barbour |
E415501
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Janus Point
The Janus Point is a book by physicist Julian Barbour that proposes a novel view of time and cosmology, arguing that the universe has a central low-complexity "Janus point" from which time effectively flows in two opposite directions.
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E1251187
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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 Janus Point | Statement: [Julian Barbour, notableWork, The Janus Point]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Janus Point Context triple: [Julian Barbour, notableWork, The Janus Point]
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A.
The Point of Departure
The Point of Departure is a political memoir by British Labour politician Robin Cook, reflecting on his resignation over the Iraq War and his critique of New Labour’s foreign policy.
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B.
The Turning Point
The Turning Point is a 1977 American drama film about the world of professional ballet, noted for its performances by Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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C.
The Turning Point
The Turning Point is a notable work by James Mitchell, likely recognized as one of his significant literary or creative contributions.
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D.
The Turning Point
"The Turning Point" is a jazz track featured on Nina Simone's 1967 album "Silk & Soul."
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E.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
- 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 Janus Point Triple: [Julian Barbour, notableWork, The Janus Point]
Generated description
The Janus Point is a book by physicist Julian Barbour that proposes a novel view of time and cosmology, arguing that the universe has a central low-complexity "Janus point" from which time effectively flows in two opposite directions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Janus Point Target entity description: The Janus Point is a book by physicist Julian Barbour that proposes a novel view of time and cosmology, arguing that the universe has a central low-complexity "Janus point" from which time effectively flows in two opposite directions.
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A.
The Point of Departure
The Point of Departure is a political memoir by British Labour politician Robin Cook, reflecting on his resignation over the Iraq War and his critique of New Labour’s foreign policy.
-
B.
The Turning Point
The Turning Point is a 1977 American drama film about the world of professional ballet, noted for its performances by Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
-
C.
The Turning Point
The Turning Point is a notable work by James Mitchell, likely recognized as one of his significant literary or creative contributions.
-
D.
The Turning Point
"The Turning Point" is a jazz track featured on Nina Simone's 1967 album "Silk & Soul."
-
E.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3e80ac2cc819084fab829917c950a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a013a1062fc8190b1c4e97f42cf3faa |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a013ae461048190a9ced7e956802958 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a013b6824888190853cf36548507e1b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.