Triple

T4363202
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Bowie E98709 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object The Spiders from Mars
The Spiders from Mars were the backing band for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and image of early 1970s glam rock.
E434420 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 Spiders from Mars | Statement: [David Bowie, associatedAct, The Spiders from Mars]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spiders from Mars
Context triple: [David Bowie, associatedAct, The Spiders from Mars]
  • A. Alien Swirling Saucers
    Alien Swirling Saucers is a spinning, family-friendly ride themed to the Little Green Aliens from Pixar’s Toy Story films, featuring swirling rocket vehicles and playful space music.
  • B. Escape from Reason
    Escape from Reason is a Christian philosophical work by Francis Schaeffer that critiques modern secular thought and its departure from biblical truth.
  • C. Nightflyers
    Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by George R. R. Martin that follows a doomed space expedition haunted by a mysterious presence aboard a starship.
  • D. The Hissing of Summer Lawns
    The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 studio album by Joni Mitchell that blends jazz, pop, and experimental elements in a series of lyrically complex, character-driven songs.
  • E. Donovan's Brain
    Donovan's Brain is a 1953 science fiction horror film about a disembodied brain that telepathically controls a scientist, adapted from Curt Siodmak's novel of the same name.
  • 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 Spiders from Mars
Triple: [David Bowie, associatedAct, The Spiders from Mars]
Generated description
The Spiders from Mars were the backing band for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and image of early 1970s glam rock.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spiders from Mars
Target entity description: The Spiders from Mars were the backing band for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and image of early 1970s glam rock.
  • A. Alien Swirling Saucers
    Alien Swirling Saucers is a spinning, family-friendly ride themed to the Little Green Aliens from Pixar’s Toy Story films, featuring swirling rocket vehicles and playful space music.
  • B. Escape from Reason
    Escape from Reason is a Christian philosophical work by Francis Schaeffer that critiques modern secular thought and its departure from biblical truth.
  • C. Nightflyers
    Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by George R. R. Martin that follows a doomed space expedition haunted by a mysterious presence aboard a starship.
  • D. The Hissing of Summer Lawns
    The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 studio album by Joni Mitchell that blends jazz, pop, and experimental elements in a series of lyrically complex, character-driven songs.
  • E. Donovan's Brain
    Donovan's Brain is a 1953 science fiction horror film about a disembodied brain that telepathically controls a scientist, adapted from Curt Siodmak's novel of the same name.
  • 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351e70a748190af6f1b709a0e75e6 completed March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dbc68534819095ce62645ca79eff completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5df8336e881908c875b8411c2fe4d completed March 14, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e0ded0288190b615364e9ae10821 completed March 14, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.