Triple

T18158293
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject K. Eric Drexler E434689 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology" — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology" | Statement: [K. Eric Drexler, notableWork, "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology"
Context triple: [K. Eric Drexler, notableWork, "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology"]
  • A. Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution
    Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution is a popular science book that explores the possibilities, implications, and societal impact of advanced molecular nanotechnology.
  • B. Plenty of Room at the Bottom
    "Plenty of Room at the Bottom" is a famous 1959 lecture by physicist Richard Feynman that is widely regarded as a foundational vision for the field of nanotechnology.
  • C. No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale
    "No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale" is an illustrated popular science book that explores the principles and phenomena of nanoscience through striking imagery and accessible explanations.
  • D. The Age of Spiritual Machines
    The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
  • E. Inventing the Future
    "Inventing the Future" is a book by physicist Dennis Gabor that explores technological innovation and its potential impact on society’s future.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology"
Target entity description: "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology" is a pioneering 1986 popular science book by K. Eric Drexler that introduced and popularized the concept of molecular nanotechnology and its transformative societal implications.
  • A. Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution
    Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution is a popular science book that explores the possibilities, implications, and societal impact of advanced molecular nanotechnology.
  • B. Plenty of Room at the Bottom
    "Plenty of Room at the Bottom" is a famous 1959 lecture by physicist Richard Feynman that is widely regarded as a foundational vision for the field of nanotechnology.
  • C. No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale
    "No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale" is an illustrated popular science book that explores the principles and phenomena of nanoscience through striking imagery and accessible explanations.
  • D. The Age of Spiritual Machines
    The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
  • E. Inventing the Future
    "Inventing the Future" is a book by physicist Dennis Gabor that explores technological innovation and its potential impact on society’s future.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4dec02d9c81909ac6203b7d59c405 completed April 19, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.