Triple

T7013488
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vernor Vinge E162641 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Witling
The Witling is a science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores themes of telepathy, cultural misunderstanding, and power dynamics on an alien world.
 E635666 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 Witling | Statement: [Vernor Vinge, notableWork, The Witling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Witling
Context triple: [Vernor Vinge, notableWork, The Witling]
  • A. The Witlings
    The Witlings is an unpublished satirical comedy play by 18th-century English novelist and playwright Frances Burney, often noted for its sharp critique of fashionable society and literary pretension.
  • B. Lappidoth
    Lappidoth is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Judges as the husband of the prophetess and judge Deborah.
  • C. Hyllus
    Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
  • D. Vallader
    Vallader is a major dialect of the Romansh language spoken primarily in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region and used in local literature and education.
  • E. Yooden Vranx
    Yooden Vranx is a fictional former President of the Galaxy from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
  • 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 Witling
Triple: [Vernor Vinge, notableWork, The Witling]
Generated description
The Witling is a science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores themes of telepathy, cultural misunderstanding, and power dynamics on an alien world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Witling
Target entity description: The Witling is a science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores themes of telepathy, cultural misunderstanding, and power dynamics on an alien world.
  • A. The Witlings
    The Witlings is an unpublished satirical comedy play by 18th-century English novelist and playwright Frances Burney, often noted for its sharp critique of fashionable society and literary pretension.
  • B. Lappidoth
    Lappidoth is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Judges as the husband of the prophetess and judge Deborah.
  • C. Hyllus
    Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
  • D. Vallader
    Vallader is a major dialect of the Romansh language spoken primarily in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region and used in local literature and education.
  • E. Yooden Vranx
    Yooden Vranx is a fictional former President of the Galaxy from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
  • 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_69c6885a127c8190867b059bdccf13ff completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dc59cbfc8190bba9ebd14143d43c completed March 27, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c76a4ff6148190a7a453328507fd6b completed March 28, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c76c23b3f881909c4aa800690c0293 completed March 28, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c76cb513d881909da349b4b4b88a61 completed March 28, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:34 p.m.