Triple

T3009476
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Sagan bibliography E81981 entity
Predicate includesNotableWork P24127 FINISHED
Object Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
"Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence" is a seminal work edited by Carl Sagan that explores the scientific, technical, and philosophical challenges of contacting and understanding intelligent life beyond Earth.
E318056 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: Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence | Statement: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Context triple: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence]
  • A. Searching for Interstellar Communications
    "Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
  • B. Cosmic Call
    Cosmic Call was a series of interstellar radio messages sent from Earth to nearby stars as part of early efforts in active SETI (Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
  • C. Arecibo message
    The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
  • D. Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
    Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier is a nonfiction book by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that explores the history, politics, and future of space exploration and its importance to society.
  • E. SETI
    SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • 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: Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Triple: [Carl Sagan bibliography, includesNotableWork, Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence]
Generated description
"Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence" is a seminal work edited by Carl Sagan that explores the scientific, technical, and philosophical challenges of contacting and understanding intelligent life beyond Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Target entity description: "Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence" is a seminal work edited by Carl Sagan that explores the scientific, technical, and philosophical challenges of contacting and understanding intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • A. Searching for Interstellar Communications
    "Searching for Interstellar Communications" is a seminal 1959 scientific paper by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison that laid the foundations for the modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by proposing the use of radio waves to detect alien civilizations.
  • B. Cosmic Call
    Cosmic Call was a series of interstellar radio messages sent from Earth to nearby stars as part of early efforts in active SETI (Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
  • C. Arecibo message
    The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio transmission sent from the Arecibo Observatory toward a distant star cluster, encoding basic information about humanity and Earth in a binary pictorial format.
  • D. Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
    Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier is a nonfiction book by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that explores the history, politics, and future of space exploration and its importance to society.
  • E. SETI
    SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific effort that uses astronomical observations and signal analysis to detect possible signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
  • 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.