Triple

T5214714
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter Koenig E117722 entity
Predicate fictionalCharacterPortrayed P33556 FINISHED
Object Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester is a recurring Psi Corps telepath and morally ambiguous antagonist in the science fiction television series "Babylon 5."
E503728 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: Alfred Bester | Statement: [Walter Koenig, fictionalCharacterPortrayed, Alfred Bester]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Bester
Context triple: [Walter Koenig, fictionalCharacterPortrayed, Alfred Bester]
  • A. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • B. Murray Leinster
    Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • C. Frederik Pohl
    Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
  • D. Clifford D. Simak
    Clifford D. Simak was an American science fiction author renowned for his humane, pastoral style and influential works such as "City" and "Way Station."
  • E. Cyril M. Kornbluth
    Cyril M. Kornbluth was an influential American science fiction writer known for his sharp social satire and classic mid-20th-century works such as "The Marching Morons" and "The Space Merchants" (with Frederik Pohl).
  • 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: Alfred Bester
Triple: [Walter Koenig, fictionalCharacterPortrayed, Alfred Bester]
Generated description
Alfred Bester is a recurring Psi Corps telepath and morally ambiguous antagonist in the science fiction television series "Babylon 5."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Bester
Target entity description: Alfred Bester is a recurring Psi Corps telepath and morally ambiguous antagonist in the science fiction television series "Babylon 5."
  • A. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • B. Murray Leinster
    Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • C. Frederik Pohl
    Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
  • D. Clifford D. Simak
    Clifford D. Simak was an American science fiction author renowned for his humane, pastoral style and influential works such as "City" and "Way Station."
  • E. Cyril M. Kornbluth
    Cyril M. Kornbluth was an influential American science fiction writer known for his sharp social satire and classic mid-20th-century works such as "The Marching Morons" and "The Space Merchants" (with Frederik Pohl).
  • 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_69bd4464ba3c8190bc16b2ebbe42ddb0 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd847049648190ab24693e92f0dad1 completed March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beefe325988190b35e3502f147c9c2 completed March 21, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef0b2b6448190be1c465738be741b completed March 21, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef121817c8190aebd27ee34c0a419 completed March 21, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m.