Triple
T18488020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Desolation Road sequence |
E451739
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPrimaryAuthor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ian McDonald |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ian McDonald | Statement: [Desolation Road sequence, hasPrimaryAuthor, Ian McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McDonald Context triple: [Desolation Road sequence, hasPrimaryAuthor, Ian McDonald]
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A.
Ian McDonald
chosen
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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B.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald was a British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson and later the rock band Foreigner.
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C.
Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
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D.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
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E.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e531d8bac4819099306abbf78b9565 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.