Triple
T18751777
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steve Jones (geneticist) |
E458542
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Almost Like a Whale |
—
|
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: Almost Like a Whale | Statement: [Steve Jones (geneticist), notableWork, Almost Like a Whale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Almost Like a Whale Context triple: [Steve Jones (geneticist), notableWork, Almost Like a Whale]
-
A.
Outside the Whale
Outside the Whale is an essay by Salman Rushdie that reflects on politics, literature, and the writer’s role in confronting power, collected in his non-fiction volume Imaginary Homelands.
-
B.
Whale Music
Whale Music is a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama film, adapted from Paul Quarrington’s novel, about a reclusive former rock star whose isolated life is disrupted by an unexpected visitor.
-
C.
Woke on a Whaleheart
Woke on a Whaleheart is a 2007 indie folk/rock album by Bill Callahan, marking one of his early releases under his own name after recording as Smog.
-
D.
Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
-
E.
Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)
"Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)" is a somber, introspective song by Bruce Springsteen that appears as a bonus track associated with his 2012 album *Wrecking Ball*.
- 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: Almost Like a Whale Target entity description: Almost Like a Whale is a popular science book by geneticist Steve Jones that revisits and updates Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution using modern genetics and contemporary examples.
-
A.
Outside the Whale
Outside the Whale is an essay by Salman Rushdie that reflects on politics, literature, and the writer’s role in confronting power, collected in his non-fiction volume Imaginary Homelands.
-
B.
Whale Music
Whale Music is a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama film, adapted from Paul Quarrington’s novel, about a reclusive former rock star whose isolated life is disrupted by an unexpected visitor.
-
C.
Woke on a Whaleheart
Woke on a Whaleheart is a 2007 indie folk/rock album by Bill Callahan, marking one of his early releases under his own name after recording as Smog.
-
D.
Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
-
E.
Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)
"Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)" is a somber, introspective song by Bruce Springsteen that appears as a bonus track associated with his 2012 album *Wrecking Ball*.
- 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_69d8d394dc308190b6725073f5db324c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e579ed4e6881908791f2a6250010a6 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:51 a.m.