Triple
T1818177
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pebble in the Sky |
E40481
|
entity |
| Predicate | coverArtistFirstEdition |
P32033
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Powers
Richard Powers was an American science fiction and fantasy illustrator renowned for his distinctive, surreal paperback and book cover art from the mid-20th century.
|
E204937
|
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: Richard Powers | Statement: [Pebble in the Sky, coverArtistFirstEdition, Richard Powers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Powers Context triple: [Pebble in the Sky, coverArtistFirstEdition, Richard Powers]
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A.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
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B.
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American author, editor, and publisher known for works like "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" and for founding the independent publishing house McSweeney’s and the literacy nonprofit 826 Valencia.
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C.
Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
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D.
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning, formally inventive novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
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E.
Samuel Dracutt
Samuel Dracutt was a historical figure after whom the town of Dracut, Massachusetts, was named, likely an early landowner or prominent local settler.
- 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: Richard Powers Triple: [Pebble in the Sky, coverArtistFirstEdition, Richard Powers]
Generated description
Richard Powers was an American science fiction and fantasy illustrator renowned for his distinctive, surreal paperback and book cover art from the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Powers Target entity description: Richard Powers was an American science fiction and fantasy illustrator renowned for his distinctive, surreal paperback and book cover art from the mid-20th century.
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A.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
-
B.
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American author, editor, and publisher known for works like "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" and for founding the independent publishing house McSweeney’s and the literacy nonprofit 826 Valencia.
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C.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Patrick Nielsen Hayden is an influential American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher, known for shaping the careers of numerous prominent genre authors.
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D.
Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
-
E.
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning, formally inventive novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
- 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_69abb0003d308190a024f8c03c5f5dad |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:56 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.