Triple

T7338038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R-pentomino E169178 entity
Predicate appearsIn P795 FINISHED
Object The Recursive Universe
The Recursive Universe is a popular science book by William Poundstone that explores cellular automata, particularly Conway’s Game of Life, and their implications for complexity, computation, and the nature of the universe.
E656657 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 Recursive Universe | Statement: [R-pentomino, appearsIn, The Recursive Universe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Recursive Universe
Context triple: [R-pentomino, appearsIn, The Recursive Universe]
  • A. The Restless Universe
    The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
  • B. With the Grain of the Universe
    With the Grain of the Universe is a theological work by Stanley Hauerwas that explores the nature and task of theology through engagement with figures like Karl Barth, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hans Frei.
  • C. The Secret of the Universe
    The Secret of the Universe is the English title of Johannes Kepler’s 1596 work in which he proposed an early heliocentric model of the cosmos using nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
  • D. The Unity of the Universe
    The Unity of the Universe is a cosmology book by physicist Dennis Sciama that presents a coherent, unified account of the structure and evolution of the universe.
  • E. The Ambidextrous Universe
    The Ambidextrous Universe is a popular science book by Martin Gardner that explores the physics and mathematics of left-right asymmetry and mirror symmetry in nature.
  • 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 Recursive Universe
Triple: [R-pentomino, appearsIn, The Recursive Universe]
Generated description
The Recursive Universe is a popular science book by William Poundstone that explores cellular automata, particularly Conway’s Game of Life, and their implications for complexity, computation, and the nature of the universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Recursive Universe
Target entity description: The Recursive Universe is a popular science book by William Poundstone that explores cellular automata, particularly Conway’s Game of Life, and their implications for complexity, computation, and the nature of the universe.
  • A. The Restless Universe
    The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
  • B. With the Grain of the Universe
    With the Grain of the Universe is a theological work by Stanley Hauerwas that explores the nature and task of theology through engagement with figures like Karl Barth, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hans Frei.
  • C. The Secret of the Universe
    The Secret of the Universe is the English title of Johannes Kepler’s 1596 work in which he proposed an early heliocentric model of the cosmos using nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
  • D. The Unity of the Universe
    The Unity of the Universe is a cosmology book by physicist Dennis Sciama that presents a coherent, unified account of the structure and evolution of the universe.
  • E. The Ambidextrous Universe
    The Ambidextrous Universe is a popular science book by Martin Gardner that explores the physics and mathematics of left-right asymmetry and mirror symmetry in nature.
  • 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_69c68a57710481909f0c1f3c6ebdb6f2 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f0d599c88190875514eae7084f8d completed March 27, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ef266fd0819096cf3ece3fff6b90 completed March 28, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7efa4f5148190842f30988cbea94c completed March 28, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7f0092bac819080ded1863f99290a completed March 28, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:04 p.m.