Triple

T3009475
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Sagan bibliography E81981 entity
Predicate includesNotableWork P24127 FINISHED
Object The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
E318055 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: The Cold and the Dark | Statement: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, The Cold and the Dark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cold and the Dark
Context triple: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, The Cold and the Dark]
  • A. Nightfall
    "Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
  • B. The Hothouse
    The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
  • C. In the Dark
    "In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
  • D. Against the Fall of Night
    Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
  • E. Winter Kills
    Winter Kills is a 1979 darkly satirical political thriller film about a conspiracy surrounding the assassination of a U.S. president, noted for its star-studded cast and cult status.
  • 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: The Cold and the Dark
Triple: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, The Cold and the Dark]
Generated description
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cold and the Dark
Target entity description: The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
  • A. Nightfall
    "Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
  • B. The Hothouse
    The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
  • C. In the Dark
    "In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
  • D. Against the Fall of Night
    Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
  • E. Winter Kills
    Winter Kills is a 1979 darkly satirical political thriller film about a conspiracy surrounding the assassination of a U.S. president, noted for its star-studded cast and cult status.
  • 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.