Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2001: A Space Odyssey E106930 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
E469471 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: short story "The Sentinel" | Statement: [2001: A Space Odyssey, basedOn, short story "The Sentinel"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: short story "The Sentinel"
Context triple: [2001: A Space Odyssey, basedOn, short story "The Sentinel"]
  • A. short story "The Sacrifice of Darkness"
    "The Sacrifice of Darkness" is a short story by Roxane Gay that blends elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of loss, guilt, and resilience in a world literally and figuratively consumed by darkness.
  • B. short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
    "In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
  • C. Foundation (1942 short story)
    "Foundation" is a 1942 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that introduced the Foundation universe and the concept of a vast galactic empire in decline.
  • D. A Very Short Story
    "A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
  • E. The Sentinel
    The Sentinel is a 1977 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere and cult status, in which Christopher Walken appears among an ensemble cast.
  • 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: short story "The Sentinel"
Triple: [2001: A Space Odyssey, basedOn, short story "The Sentinel"]
Generated description
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: short story "The Sentinel"
Target entity description: "The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • A. short story "The Sacrifice of Darkness"
    "The Sacrifice of Darkness" is a short story by Roxane Gay that blends elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of loss, guilt, and resilience in a world literally and figuratively consumed by darkness.
  • B. short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
    "In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
  • C. Foundation (1942 short story)
    "Foundation" is a 1942 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that introduced the Foundation universe and the concept of a vast galactic empire in decline.
  • D. A Very Short Story
    "A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
  • E. The Sentinel
    The Sentinel is a 1977 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere and cult status, in which Christopher Walken appears among an ensemble cast.
  • 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c678e58819094cdf18d8c5ea96f completed March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be440706888190a5f62bef629d3777 completed March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be45e0c5a48190b9e390048c863f06 completed March 21, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be46ef17588190a9bc179029e0a6a0 completed March 21, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.