Triple

T1818157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pebble in the Sky E40481 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Shekt
Dr. Shekt is a pivotal scientist in Isaac Asimov’s novel "Pebble in the Sky," whose controversial research into mind control and radiation drives much of the story’s conflict.
E204935 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: Dr. Shekt | Statement: [Pebble in the Sky, mainCharacter, Dr. Shekt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Shekt
Context triple: [Pebble in the Sky, mainCharacter, Dr. Shekt]
  • A. Dr. K
    Dr. K is the nickname of Dwight Gooden, a dominant Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his overpowering strikeout ability with the New York Mets in the 1980s.
  • B. Dr. Specialist
    Dr. Specialist is a character in the politically charged musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," which critiques corruption and corporate influence in society.
  • C. Dr. Robinson
    Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
  • D. Dr. Randall Mindy
    Dr. Randall Mindy is the fictional astronomer protagonist in the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up," who discovers a comet headed toward Earth and struggles to convince the world of the impending catastrophe.
  • E. Dr. Sarton
    Dr. Sarton is a Spacer roboticist and key figure in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "The Caves of Steel," whose murder sets the central mystery in motion.
  • 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: Dr. Shekt
Triple: [Pebble in the Sky, mainCharacter, Dr. Shekt]
Generated description
Dr. Shekt is a pivotal scientist in Isaac Asimov’s novel "Pebble in the Sky," whose controversial research into mind control and radiation drives much of the story’s conflict.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Shekt
Target entity description: Dr. Shekt is a pivotal scientist in Isaac Asimov’s novel "Pebble in the Sky," whose controversial research into mind control and radiation drives much of the story’s conflict.
  • A. Dr. K
    Dr. K is the nickname of Dwight Gooden, a dominant Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his overpowering strikeout ability with the New York Mets in the 1980s.
  • B. Dr. Specialist
    Dr. Specialist is a character in the politically charged musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," which critiques corruption and corporate influence in society.
  • C. Dr. Robinson
    Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
  • D. Dr. Randall Mindy
    Dr. Randall Mindy is the fictional astronomer protagonist in the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up," who discovers a comet headed toward Earth and struggles to convince the world of the impending catastrophe.
  • E. Dr. Sarton
    Dr. Sarton is a Spacer roboticist and key figure in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "The Caves of Steel," whose murder sets the central mystery in motion.
  • 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa65f8c4e48190925aec9916dd6c30 completed March 6, 2026, 5:28 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.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.