Triple
T4861744
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | China Miéville |
E108676
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Embassytown
Embassytown is a science fiction novel by China Miéville that explores themes of language, colonialism, and alien communication on a distant planet.
|
E474469
|
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: Embassytown | Statement: [China Miéville, notableWork, Embassytown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Embassytown Context triple: [China Miéville, notableWork, Embassytown]
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A.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
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B.
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
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C.
The Emissaries
The Emissaries is the English title of Surah Al-Mursalat, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes divine judgment, the fate of deniers, and the certainty of the Day of Resurrection.
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D.
The World Ender
"The World Ender" is a dark, cinematic indie folk-rock song by Lord Huron that blends Western noir storytelling with haunting, mythic imagery.
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E.
The Vanishing Face of Gaia
The Vanishing Face of Gaia is a 2009 environmental science book by James Lovelock in which he warns of imminent, severe climate change and argues that humanity must adapt to survive on a self-regulating Earth.
- 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: Embassytown Triple: [China Miéville, notableWork, Embassytown]
Generated description
Embassytown is a science fiction novel by China Miéville that explores themes of language, colonialism, and alien communication on a distant planet.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Embassytown Target entity description: Embassytown is a science fiction novel by China Miéville that explores themes of language, colonialism, and alien communication on a distant planet.
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A.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
-
B.
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
-
C.
The Emissaries
The Emissaries is the English title of Surah Al-Mursalat, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes divine judgment, the fate of deniers, and the certainty of the Day of Resurrection.
-
D.
The World Ender
"The World Ender" is a dark, cinematic indie folk-rock song by Lord Huron that blends Western noir storytelling with haunting, mythic imagery.
-
E.
The Vanishing Face of Gaia
The Vanishing Face of Gaia is a 2009 environmental science book by James Lovelock in which he warns of imminent, severe climate change and argues that humanity must adapt to survive on a self-regulating Earth.
- 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d5f62b48190b367ed1b850cfbcb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5cf921cc8190a092bb69c1981890 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be5e833ca88190b89dda5cafb180fe |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be5eed97a08190afd99a0700f1f4c7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.