Triple
T7050535
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dava Sobel |
E163752
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dava Sobel |
E163752
|
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: Dava Sobel | Statement: [Dava Sobel, name, Dava Sobel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dava Sobel Context triple: [Dava Sobel, name, Dava Sobel]
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A.
Dava Sobel
chosen
Dava Sobel is an American science writer and former New York Times science reporter best known for popular history-of-science books such as "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter."
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B.
Mary Doria Russell
Mary Doria Russell is an American novelist and former paleoanthropologist best known for her critically acclaimed science fiction and historical novels such as "The Sparrow" and "A Thread of Grace."
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C.
James Gleick
James Gleick is an American author and journalist best known for his popular science books on chaos theory, information, and the history of science.
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D.
Timothy Ferris
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.
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E.
Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow is an American physicist and author known for his popular science books and collaborations with Stephen Hawking on works about cosmology and the nature of reality.
- 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_69c6885f598c8190b6b6495c59d8d962 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e24e7e20819099dc8f7fa37c4491 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7888bba9c8190b6414b56e5588ec0 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:37 p.m.