Triple

T7060145
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ken MacLeod E164194 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Descent
Descent is a science fiction novel by Scottish author Ken MacLeod that blends political intrigue, near-future technology, and questions about alien contact and human belief.
E638265 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: Descent | Statement: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, Descent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Descent
Context triple: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, Descent]
  • A. Opgang (Descent)
    Opgang (Descent) is a Yiddish novel by Dovid Bergelson that portrays the decline of a once-prosperous Jewish family amid the social and cultural upheavals of early 20th-century Eastern Europe.
  • B. Ascent
    Ascent is an interactive light-based art installation by American artist Jen Lewin, known for its immersive, participatory experience that responds to viewers’ movement.
  • C. Heavenly Grand Descent
    Heavenly Grand Descent is the Shinto mythological event in which the divine grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto descends from the heavens to rule over the earthly realm, marking the origin of Japan’s imperial lineage.
  • D. The Ride
    The Ride is a 2017 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado that marked her return after a long hiatus with a more experimental, indie-pop sound.
  • E. Descent into Limbo
    Descent into Limbo is a large-scale installation artwork by Anish Kapoor featuring a seemingly bottomless black void that challenges viewers’ perception of depth and space.
  • 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: Descent
Triple: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, Descent]
Generated description
Descent is a science fiction novel by Scottish author Ken MacLeod that blends political intrigue, near-future technology, and questions about alien contact and human belief.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Descent
Target entity description: Descent is a science fiction novel by Scottish author Ken MacLeod that blends political intrigue, near-future technology, and questions about alien contact and human belief.
  • A. Opgang (Descent)
    Opgang (Descent) is a Yiddish novel by Dovid Bergelson that portrays the decline of a once-prosperous Jewish family amid the social and cultural upheavals of early 20th-century Eastern Europe.
  • B. Ascent
    Ascent is an interactive light-based art installation by American artist Jen Lewin, known for its immersive, participatory experience that responds to viewers’ movement.
  • C. Heavenly Grand Descent
    Heavenly Grand Descent is the Shinto mythological event in which the divine grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto descends from the heavens to rule over the earthly realm, marking the origin of Japan’s imperial lineage.
  • D. The Ride
    The Ride is a 2017 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado that marked her return after a long hiatus with a more experimental, indie-pop sound.
  • E. Descent into Limbo
    Descent into Limbo is a large-scale installation artwork by Anish Kapoor featuring a seemingly bottomless black void that challenges viewers’ perception of depth and space.
  • 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_69c688796c148190adb2f1596f595f22 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e458ad9c81908c3f492b317ce291 completed March 27, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c788af20cc819084542035410aafbd completed March 28, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c78968b8588190b26afb5fe1a976db completed March 28, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c78a520b4081908b4822fb55c3dab9 completed March 28, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:38 p.m.