Triple

T6505615
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven Gubser E149998 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object The Little Book of Black Holes
The Little Book of Black Holes is a concise, accessible popular-science book that explains the physics, history, and significance of black holes for a general audience.
E600711 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: The Little Book of Black Holes | Statement: [Steven Gubser, authorOf, The Little Book of Black Holes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Little Book of Black Holes
Context triple: [Steven Gubser, authorOf, The Little Book of Black Holes]
  • A. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
    Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy is a popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne that explores the history, physics, and implications of black holes, wormholes, and general relativity for our understanding of space and time.
  • B. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson that offers a concise, accessible overview of key concepts in modern astrophysics and cosmology for general readers.
  • C. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
    Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays is a 1993 collection of popular-science essays and reflections by physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring cosmology, black holes, and his personal life and ideas.
  • D. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
    The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is a landmark monograph that presents a rigorous, comprehensive treatment of the physics and mathematics underlying black hole solutions in general relativity.
  • E. A Briefer History of Time
    A Briefer History of Time is a later, more accessible revision of Stephen Hawking’s landmark cosmology book that simplifies and updates its explanations of the universe for a broader audience.
  • 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: The Little Book of Black Holes
Triple: [Steven Gubser, authorOf, The Little Book of Black Holes]
Generated description
The Little Book of Black Holes is a concise, accessible popular-science book that explains the physics, history, and significance of black holes for a general audience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Little Book of Black Holes
Target entity description: The Little Book of Black Holes is a concise, accessible popular-science book that explains the physics, history, and significance of black holes for a general audience.
  • A. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
    Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy is a popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne that explores the history, physics, and implications of black holes, wormholes, and general relativity for our understanding of space and time.
  • B. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson that offers a concise, accessible overview of key concepts in modern astrophysics and cosmology for general readers.
  • C. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
    Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays is a 1993 collection of popular-science essays and reflections by physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring cosmology, black holes, and his personal life and ideas.
  • D. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
    The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is a landmark monograph that presents a rigorous, comprehensive treatment of the physics and mathematics underlying black hole solutions in general relativity.
  • E. A Briefer History of Time
    A Briefer History of Time is a later, more accessible revision of Stephen Hawking’s landmark cosmology book that simplifies and updates its explanations of the universe for a broader audience.
  • 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_69c687ef291081909d437f035eef1cda completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c69966ff708190902c88cb6b48e5d7 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6cb43db608190b785e77f6850bb6f completed March 27, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6cc96edd08190b0c0f1b49dd64160 completed March 27, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6cd8d15ec8190be5a8c5e3f201139 completed March 27, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:43 p.m.