Triple

T3009471
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Sagan bibliography E81981 entity
Predicate includesNotableWork P24127 FINISHED
Object Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a popular science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores the evolutionary origins of human behavior by comparing humans with other animals, especially primates.
 E318052 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: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | Statement: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Context triple: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors]
  • A. Taras Bulba
    Taras Bulba is a historical novella by Nikolai Gogol that portrays the fierce, tragic lives and battles of Ukrainian Cossacks in the 16th–17th centuries.
  • B. The Queen of Shemakha
    The Queen of Shemakha is a seductive and enigmatic royal figure from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "The Golden Cockerel," whose allure and manipulation drive the story’s tragic events.
  • C. Le Villi
    Le Villi is Giacomo Puccini’s first staged opera, a one-act work blending Romantic supernatural themes with lyrical Italian melodrama.
  • D. The Firebird
    The Firebird is a landmark early 20th-century ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky, based on Russian fairy tales and renowned for its vivid orchestration and innovative choreography.
  • E. Mihna
    The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
  • 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: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Triple: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors]
Generated description
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a popular science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores the evolutionary origins of human behavior by comparing humans with other animals, especially primates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Target entity description: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a popular science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores the evolutionary origins of human behavior by comparing humans with other animals, especially primates.
  • A. Taras Bulba
    Taras Bulba is a historical novella by Nikolai Gogol that portrays the fierce, tragic lives and battles of Ukrainian Cossacks in the 16th–17th centuries.
  • B. The Queen of Shemakha
    The Queen of Shemakha is a seductive and enigmatic royal figure from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "The Golden Cockerel," whose allure and manipulation drive the story’s tragic events.
  • C. Le Villi
    Le Villi is Giacomo Puccini’s first staged opera, a one-act work blending Romantic supernatural themes with lyrical Italian melodrama.
  • D. The Firebird
    The Firebird is a landmark early 20th-century ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky, based on Russian fairy tales and renowned for its vivid orchestration and innovative choreography.
  • E. Mihna
    The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
  • 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_69ad8b1c4de88190a83b7cefaa1f2842 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9e11c4188190a3ae8fd0cbd8c2c0 completed March 8, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e5f612c8190824deb0813a9f981 completed March 11, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b12eec384881908e6bbb6b52a3f607 completed March 11, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1ca54a5ec8190b8f35119ae23051f completed March 11, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.