Triple
T17887540
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vandal Savage |
E447235
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alfred Bester |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Alfred Bester | Statement: [Vandal Savage, creator, Alfred Bester]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Bester Context triple: [Vandal Savage, creator, Alfred Bester]
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A.
Alfred Bester
chosen
Alfred Bester is a recurring Psi Corps telepath and morally ambiguous antagonist in the science fiction television series "Babylon 5."
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B.
A. E. van Vogt
A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
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C.
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
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D.
Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
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E.
Clifford D. Simak
Clifford D. Simak was an American science fiction author renowned for his humane, pastoral style and influential works such as "City" and "Way Station."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f59bd48190a6fc925a855b8bac |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e49c14c4348190bb77712d9eae1d51 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:18 a.m.