Triple

T7050547
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dava Sobel E163752 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Glass Universe
The Glass Universe is a nonfiction book by Dava Sobel that chronicles the pioneering work of the women “computers” at the Harvard College Observatory who transformed astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E639469 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 Glass Universe | Statement: [Dava Sobel, notableWork, The Glass Universe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Glass Universe
Context triple: [Dava Sobel, notableWork, The Glass Universe]
  • A. The Lives of the Stars
    "The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
  • B. The Lives of the Planets
    "The Lives of the Planets" is an episode of Carl Sagan’s landmark science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origins, evolution, and diverse characteristics of the planets in our solar system.
  • C. The Astronomer
    "The Astronomer" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer depicting a scholar studying the heavens in a meticulously rendered interior scene.
  • D. La révolution astronomique
    La révolution astronomique is a seminal historical study by Alexandre Koyré that analyzes the profound conceptual and philosophical transformations brought about by the Scientific Revolution in astronomy.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Glass Universe
Triple: [Dava Sobel, notableWork, The Glass Universe]
Generated description
The Glass Universe is a nonfiction book by Dava Sobel that chronicles the pioneering work of the women “computers” at the Harvard College Observatory who transformed astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Glass Universe
Target entity description: The Glass Universe is a nonfiction book by Dava Sobel that chronicles the pioneering work of the women “computers” at the Harvard College Observatory who transformed astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. The Lives of the Stars
    "The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
  • B. The Lives of the Planets
    "The Lives of the Planets" is an episode of Carl Sagan’s landmark science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the origins, evolution, and diverse characteristics of the planets in our solar system.
  • C. The Astronomer
    "The Astronomer" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer depicting a scholar studying the heavens in a meticulously rendered interior scene.
  • D. La révolution astronomique
    La révolution astronomique is a seminal historical study by Alexandre Koyré that analyzes the profound conceptual and philosophical transformations brought about by the Scientific Revolution in astronomy.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c788f292a08190bf3543ecfc245d12 completed March 28, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c789a6ea988190ad2db2442f0a5e8f completed March 28, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:37 p.m.