Triple

T4666408
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anne McCaffrey E102856 entity
Predicate seriesCreated P5039 FINISHED
Object The Ship Who Sang series
The Ship Who Sang series is a science fiction collection by Anne McCaffrey about severely disabled individuals whose brains are integrated into starships and other machines, exploring identity, autonomy, and human–machine symbiosis.
E462343 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 Ship Who Sang series | Statement: [Anne McCaffrey, seriesCreated, The Ship Who Sang series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ship Who Sang series
Context triple: [Anne McCaffrey, seriesCreated, The Ship Who Sang series]
  • A. Lady Ships
    Lady Ships is the distinctive, adults-only cruise ship fleet concept used by Virgin Voyages across its branded vessels.
  • B. Seven Seas
    Seven Seas is a traditional maritime term referring to the world’s major seas and oceans collectively.
  • C. Son of the Sea
    "Son of the Sea" is a track from Bill Callahan’s introspective, folk-influenced album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, known for its poetic lyricism and understated, reflective tone.
  • D. Hainish Cycle
    The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
  • E. Life Upon These Shores
    Life Upon These Shores is a historical work by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that traces the African American experience from the earliest arrivals in North America to the present day.
  • 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 Ship Who Sang series
Triple: [Anne McCaffrey, seriesCreated, The Ship Who Sang series]
Generated description
The Ship Who Sang series is a science fiction collection by Anne McCaffrey about severely disabled individuals whose brains are integrated into starships and other machines, exploring identity, autonomy, and human–machine symbiosis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ship Who Sang series
Target entity description: The Ship Who Sang series is a science fiction collection by Anne McCaffrey about severely disabled individuals whose brains are integrated into starships and other machines, exploring identity, autonomy, and human–machine symbiosis.
  • A. Lady Ships
    Lady Ships is the distinctive, adults-only cruise ship fleet concept used by Virgin Voyages across its branded vessels.
  • B. Seven Seas
    Seven Seas is a traditional maritime term referring to the world’s major seas and oceans collectively.
  • C. Son of the Sea
    "Son of the Sea" is a track from Bill Callahan’s introspective, folk-influenced album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, known for its poetic lyricism and understated, reflective tone.
  • D. Hainish Cycle
    The Hainish Cycle is a loosely connected series of science fiction works by Ursula K. Le Guin that explore themes of culture, politics, and anthropology across a shared interstellar setting.
  • E. Life Upon These Shores
    Life Upon These Shores is a historical work by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that traces the African American experience from the earliest arrivals in North America to the present day.
  • 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd633d87788190a3c8946ed6995062 completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be0384a1488190a59dc08766f526dd completed March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be05269de48190849a76b5fbd24b4a completed March 21, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be05d277248190bf675151eca07247 completed March 21, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.