Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Gods Themselves E40480 entity
Predicate hasAlienSpecies P32630 FINISHED
Object para-men (triad aliens)
The para-men are an alien species from Isaac Asimov’s novel "The Gods Themselves," forming part of a triad-based life cycle with unique energy-exchange abilities and non-human social and biological structures.
E204930 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: para-men (triad aliens) | Statement: [The Gods Themselves, hasAlienSpecies, para-men (triad aliens)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: para-men (triad aliens)
Context triple: [The Gods Themselves, hasAlienSpecies, para-men (triad aliens)]
  • A. The Paras
    The Paras are an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for their rigorous training, rapid deployment capabilities, and distinguished combat history.
  • B. Maleae
    Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
  • C. Triad
    Triad is a common shorthand name for the Piedmont Triad, a metropolitan region in North Carolina centered around the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
  • D. Tritons
    Tritons are mythological Greek sea deities, typically depicted as mermen with the upper body of a man and the tail of a fish, who serve as attendants or heralds of the sea god Poseidon.
  • E. Parap
    Parap is an inner-city suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its popular weekend markets and tropical, laid-back atmosphere.
  • 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: para-men (triad aliens)
Triple: [The Gods Themselves, hasAlienSpecies, para-men (triad aliens)]
Generated description
The para-men are an alien species from Isaac Asimov’s novel "The Gods Themselves," forming part of a triad-based life cycle with unique energy-exchange abilities and non-human social and biological structures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: para-men (triad aliens)
Target entity description: The para-men are an alien species from Isaac Asimov’s novel "The Gods Themselves," forming part of a triad-based life cycle with unique energy-exchange abilities and non-human social and biological structures.
  • A. The Paras
    The Paras are an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for their rigorous training, rapid deployment capabilities, and distinguished combat history.
  • B. Maleae
    Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
  • C. Triad
    Triad is a common shorthand name for the Piedmont Triad, a metropolitan region in North Carolina centered around the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
  • D. Tritons
    Tritons are mythological Greek sea deities, typically depicted as mermen with the upper body of a man and the tail of a fish, who serve as attendants or heralds of the sea god Poseidon.
  • E. Parap
    Parap is an inner-city suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its popular weekend markets and tropical, laid-back atmosphere.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasAlienSpecies
Context triple: [The Gods Themselves, hasAlienSpecies, para-men (triad aliens)]
  • A. hasPlanet
    Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is associated with a particular planet as part of its system or domain.
  • B. hasInvasiveSpecies
    Indicates that an area, ecosystem, or habitat contains one or more species that are non-native and causing or likely to cause ecological, economic, or environmental harm.
  • C. hasAllegedCreature
    Indicates that an entity is claimed or reported to possess, host, or be associated with a creature whose existence or nature is uncertain or disputed.
  • D. hasSolitarySpecies
    Indicates that an entity includes or is associated with species that live or behave predominantly alone rather than in groups.
  • E. hasExhibitSpecies
    Indicates that an exhibit or display includes or features a particular species.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aba67721788190951beae25e885457 completed March 7, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf6019bc81909266b7f03b282f34 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc3557d988190ae04df41e81bc842 completed March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc3fadd08819090f9eedb4688cd4a completed March 8, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61d884548190a19cf3a6b5ae9d48 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69aba67554788190b429f2b9f0a70310 completed March 7, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.