Triple
T6953866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Star Trek novels |
E161191
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasContributor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Dean Foster |
E498116
|
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: Alan Dean Foster | Statement: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, Alan Dean Foster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Dean Foster Context triple: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, Alan Dean Foster]
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A.
Alan Dean Foster
chosen
Alan Dean Foster is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his novelizations and original works tied to major film and television franchises, including Star Trek and Star Wars.
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B.
Gene Reynolds
Gene Reynolds was an American actor and Emmy-winning television producer and director, best known for co-creating and producing the acclaimed TV series M*A*S*H.
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C.
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a British-American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his long-running Xanth series.
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D.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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E.
F. Paul Wilson
F. Paul Wilson is an American author best known for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels, including the "Repairman Jack" series.
- 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_69c68852a9a0819097797e31d492e273 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6dacca12481908942ba793a104cc3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7618afb0c8190b1545328c1cee5de |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.