Triple

T1800245
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Golden Age of Science Fiction E39700 entity
Predicate keyFigure P256 FINISHED
Object E. E. "Doc" Smith
E. E. "Doc" Smith was an American science fiction author best known for pioneering the space opera subgenre with his influential Lensman and Skylark series during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
E252418 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: E. E. "Doc" Smith | Statement: [Golden Age of Science Fiction, keyFigure, E. E. "Doc" Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. E. "Doc" Smith
Context triple: [Golden Age of Science Fiction, keyFigure, E. E. "Doc" Smith]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Henry Kuttner
    Henry Kuttner was an influential American author renowned for his imaginative and psychologically rich science fiction and fantasy stories during the mid-20th century.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • 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: E. E. "Doc" Smith
Triple: [Golden Age of Science Fiction, keyFigure, E. E. "Doc" Smith]
Generated description
E. E. "Doc" Smith was an American science fiction author best known for pioneering the space opera subgenre with his influential Lensman and Skylark series during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. E. "Doc" Smith
Target entity description: E. E. "Doc" Smith was an American science fiction author best known for pioneering the space opera subgenre with his influential Lensman and Skylark series during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Henry Kuttner
    Henry Kuttner was an influential American author renowned for his imaginative and psychologically rich science fiction and fantasy stories during the mid-20th century.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • 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_69ae7edf084881908bb8db8e0348bfc8 completed March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae7faa64e48190b82e48165a931598 completed March 9, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae801a87a88190ae461ca164b358a4 completed March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.