Triple

T3529759
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dorian Sagan E74628 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Notes from the Holocene
Notes from the Holocene is a nonfiction book by science writer Dorian Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe through the lenses of evolution, ecology, and cosmology.
E364392 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: Notes from the Holocene | Statement: [Dorian Sagan, notableWork, Notes from the Holocene]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Notes from the Holocene
Context triple: [Dorian Sagan, notableWork, Notes from the Holocene]
  • A. Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea
    The Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea is a hypothesized prehistoric deluge in which Mediterranean waters are thought to have rapidly inundated the Black Sea basin, potentially inspiring ancient flood myths.
  • B. Anthropocene
    The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch characterized by the dominant global impact of human activities on Earth's climate, ecosystems, and geology.
  • C. Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
    "Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • D. Eocene–Oligocene climate transition
    The Eocene–Oligocene climate transition was a major global cooling event around 34 million years ago that marked the shift from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth, including the formation of large Antarctic ice sheets.
  • E. The Testimony of the Rocks
    The Testimony of the Rocks is a 19th-century work by Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller that explores geology in relation to biblical interpretation and natural theology.
  • 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: Notes from the Holocene
Triple: [Dorian Sagan, notableWork, Notes from the Holocene]
Generated description
Notes from the Holocene is a nonfiction book by science writer Dorian Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe through the lenses of evolution, ecology, and cosmology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Notes from the Holocene
Target entity description: Notes from the Holocene is a nonfiction book by science writer Dorian Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe through the lenses of evolution, ecology, and cosmology.
  • A. Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea
    The Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea is a hypothesized prehistoric deluge in which Mediterranean waters are thought to have rapidly inundated the Black Sea basin, potentially inspiring ancient flood myths.
  • B. Anthropocene
    The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch characterized by the dominant global impact of human activities on Earth's climate, ecosystems, and geology.
  • C. Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
    "Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • D. Eocene–Oligocene climate transition
    The Eocene–Oligocene climate transition was a major global cooling event around 34 million years ago that marked the shift from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth, including the formation of large Antarctic ice sheets.
  • E. The Testimony of the Rocks
    The Testimony of the Rocks is a 19th-century work by Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller that explores geology in relation to biblical interpretation and natural theology.
  • 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_69ad85d1a3948190931fd1ea1f49717b completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc9764a881908aa8d25dc9adf59e completed March 8, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e97536881908d5ed3dfe602c9e0 completed March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37f232b8881908f7b4df89399d1d8 completed March 13, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b37f8fea9481909eb82a06e6c71e98 completed March 13, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.