Triple

T3820203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mars (TV series) E84352 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Stephen Petranek
Stephen Petranek is an American science writer and former editor known for his work on space exploration and the future of humanity, including the book that inspired the TV series "Mars."
E391825 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: Stephen Petranek | Statement: [Mars (TV series), basedOnAuthor, Stephen Petranek]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Petranek
Context triple: [Mars (TV series), basedOnAuthor, Stephen Petranek]
  • A. Ben Bova
    Ben Bova was an American science fiction author and editor renowned for his hard science fiction novels and influential leadership roles at magazines like Analog and Omni.
  • B. Timothy Ferris
    Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
  • C. David Brin
    David Brin is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist known for his award-winning novels and influential essays on topics such as the Fermi paradox and the future of civilization.
  • D. Michael T. Good
    Michael T. Good is a NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • E. Philip J. Klass
    Philip J. Klass was an American journalist and prominent UFO skeptic known for his influential investigations and debunking of UFO claims.
  • 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: Stephen Petranek
Triple: [Mars (TV series), basedOnAuthor, Stephen Petranek]
Generated description
Stephen Petranek is an American science writer and former editor known for his work on space exploration and the future of humanity, including the book that inspired the TV series "Mars."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Petranek
Target entity description: Stephen Petranek is an American science writer and former editor known for his work on space exploration and the future of humanity, including the book that inspired the TV series "Mars."
  • A. Ben Bova
    Ben Bova was an American science fiction author and editor renowned for his hard science fiction novels and influential leadership roles at magazines like Analog and Omni.
  • B. Timothy Ferris
    Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
  • C. David Brin
    David Brin is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist known for his award-winning novels and influential essays on topics such as the Fermi paradox and the future of civilization.
  • D. Michael T. Good
    Michael T. Good is a NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • E. Philip J. Klass
    Philip J. Klass was an American journalist and prominent UFO skeptic known for his influential investigations and debunking of UFO claims.
  • 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeea61a63c819086e16b89d2ea2157 completed March 9, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4fb4998248190b4174dd80a8e790c completed March 14, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4ffcf7e24819098cf2e46b92bed4a completed March 14, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b500596e308190a31e44c24de3f31d completed March 14, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.