Triple

T5961220
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Mind's Sky E132640 entity
Predicate hasAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object Timothy Ferris E23139 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Timothy Ferris | Statement: [The Mind's Sky, hasAuthor, Timothy Ferris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Ferris
Context triple: [The Mind's Sky, hasAuthor, Timothy Ferris]
  • A. Timothy Ferris chosen
    Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
  • B. William Sanford Nye
    William Sanford Nye is an American mechanical engineer, science educator, and television presenter best known for hosting the educational show "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
  • C. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Frank White
    Frank White is an alias of The Notorious B.I.G., the influential Brooklyn-born rapper widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in hip-hop history.
  • E. Frank White
    Frank White is a former Major League Baseball second baseman renowned for his defensive excellence and multiple Gold Glove Awards with the Kansas City Royals.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69c0086c2364819091e9fe2f58fa2517 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c039fd6dd48190a6020bef38b1be82 completed March 22, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11355c5e88190b316cf7f2f364eca completed March 23, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:02 p.m.