Triple
T6222727
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Age of Spiritual Machines |
E139153
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnTheory |
P1757
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
law of accelerating returns
The law of accelerating returns is Ray Kurzweil’s theory that technological progress, especially in information technologies, grows at an exponential and compounding rate, leading to increasingly rapid and transformative change.
|
E577762
|
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: law of accelerating returns | Statement: [The Age of Spiritual Machines, basedOnTheory, law of accelerating returns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of accelerating returns Context triple: [The Age of Spiritual Machines, basedOnTheory, law of accelerating returns]
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A.
Wirth’s law
Wirth’s law is the observation that software tends to become slower more quickly than hardware becomes faster, often negating the benefits of improved computing performance.
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B.
Koomey's law
Koomey's law is an empirical observation that the energy efficiency of computing—measured as computations per unit of energy—has historically doubled roughly every 1.5 years.
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C.
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the imminent rise of superintelligent machines and explores the profound technological, social, and philosophical implications of this transformation.
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D.
Great Acceleration
The Great Acceleration is the post–World War II surge in human population, economic activity, and resource use that has dramatically intensified human impacts on Earth’s environment and climate.
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E.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
- 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: law of accelerating returns Triple: [The Age of Spiritual Machines, basedOnTheory, law of accelerating returns]
Generated description
The law of accelerating returns is Ray Kurzweil’s theory that technological progress, especially in information technologies, grows at an exponential and compounding rate, leading to increasingly rapid and transformative change.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of accelerating returns Target entity description: The law of accelerating returns is Ray Kurzweil’s theory that technological progress, especially in information technologies, grows at an exponential and compounding rate, leading to increasingly rapid and transformative change.
-
A.
Wirth’s law
Wirth’s law is the observation that software tends to become slower more quickly than hardware becomes faster, often negating the benefits of improved computing performance.
-
B.
Koomey's law
Koomey's law is an empirical observation that the energy efficiency of computing—measured as computations per unit of energy—has historically doubled roughly every 1.5 years.
-
C.
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the imminent rise of superintelligent machines and explores the profound technological, social, and philosophical implications of this transformation.
-
D.
Great Acceleration
The Great Acceleration is the post–World War II surge in human population, economic activity, and resource use that has dramatically intensified human impacts on Earth’s environment and climate.
-
E.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
- 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_69c008aecb0c81909984b48f733ce8ae |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c062c06c7881909999ba44aa4a23f9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c20dcc5e788190a510cac6bbad4830 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c21498cfc0819097d1fa9cb10f7a92 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c215689f288190a54fb3fc7984455a |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.