Triple

T1799487
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Foundation and Earth E39681 entity
Predicate coverArtBy P15267 FINISHED
Object Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan is an acclaimed American artist best known for his influential science fiction and fantasy book and album cover illustrations.
 E272577 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: Michael Whelan | Statement: [Foundation and Earth, coverArtBy, Michael Whelan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Whelan
Context triple: [Foundation and Earth, coverArtBy, Michael Whelan]
  • A. Patrick Doherty
    Patrick Doherty was one of the unarmed civil rights marchers shot and killed by British soldiers during the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.
  • B. Paul McGinness
    Paul McGinness was an Australian aviator and World War I flying ace best known as one of the co-founders of Qantas Airways.
  • C. Mark O'Toole
    Mark O'Toole is an English musician and bassist best known as a founding member of the 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
  • D. Douglas McGrath
    Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
  • E. Kevin Corrigan
    Kevin Corrigan is an American character actor known for his offbeat, often darkly comic supporting roles in numerous independent films and major studio movies.
  • 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: Michael Whelan
Triple: [Foundation and Earth, coverArtBy, Michael Whelan]
Generated description
Michael Whelan is an acclaimed American artist best known for his influential science fiction and fantasy book and album cover illustrations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Whelan
Target entity description: Michael Whelan is an acclaimed American artist best known for his influential science fiction and fantasy book and album cover illustrations.
  • A. Patrick Doherty
    Patrick Doherty was one of the unarmed civil rights marchers shot and killed by British soldiers during the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.
  • B. Paul McGinness
    Paul McGinness was an Australian aviator and World War I flying ace best known as one of the co-founders of Qantas Airways.
  • C. Mark O'Toole
    Mark O'Toole is an English musician and bassist best known as a founding member of the 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
  • D. Douglas McGrath
    Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
  • E. Kevin Corrigan
    Kevin Corrigan is an American character actor known for his offbeat, often darkly comic supporting roles in numerous independent films and major studio movies.
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6569b2e48190a56cf48160796d2e completed March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af1f6cb97c8190bf6e8dbdcae3aabd completed March 9, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af201e1a748190905bb221fc5dd01e completed March 9, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af20ad25588190b8e26e82baba731d completed March 9, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.