Triple

T7536620
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Al-Khalili E178166 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines
"Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines" is a popular science book by physicist Jim Al-Khalili that explains complex concepts in cosmology and theoretical physics—such as black holes, wormholes, and the nature of time—in an accessible and engaging way for general readers.
E672384 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: Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines | Statement: [Jim Al-Khalili, notableWork, Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines
Context triple: [Jim Al-Khalili, notableWork, Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines]
  • A. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
    Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy is a popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne that explores the history, physics, and implications of black holes, wormholes, and general relativity for our understanding of space and time.
  • B. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
    Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays is a 1993 collection of popular-science essays and reflections by physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring cosmology, black holes, and his personal life and ideas.
  • C. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
    The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is a landmark monograph that presents a rigorous, comprehensive treatment of the physics and mathematics underlying black hole solutions in general relativity.
  • D. Hawking–Penrose singularity theorems
    The Hawking–Penrose singularity theorems are foundational results in general relativity that show, under broad physical conditions, spacetime must contain singularities such as those inside black holes or at the Big Bang.
  • E. Timelike Infinity
    Timelike Infinity is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores time travel, cosmic engineering, and far-future human evolution within his Xeelee Sequence universe.
  • 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: Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines
Triple: [Jim Al-Khalili, notableWork, Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines]
Generated description
"Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines" is a popular science book by physicist Jim Al-Khalili that explains complex concepts in cosmology and theoretical physics—such as black holes, wormholes, and the nature of time—in an accessible and engaging way for general readers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines
Target entity description: "Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines" is a popular science book by physicist Jim Al-Khalili that explains complex concepts in cosmology and theoretical physics—such as black holes, wormholes, and the nature of time—in an accessible and engaging way for general readers.
  • A. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
    Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy is a popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne that explores the history, physics, and implications of black holes, wormholes, and general relativity for our understanding of space and time.
  • B. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
    Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays is a 1993 collection of popular-science essays and reflections by physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring cosmology, black holes, and his personal life and ideas.
  • C. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes
    The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is a landmark monograph that presents a rigorous, comprehensive treatment of the physics and mathematics underlying black hole solutions in general relativity.
  • D. Hawking–Penrose singularity theorems
    The Hawking–Penrose singularity theorems are foundational results in general relativity that show, under broad physical conditions, spacetime must contain singularities such as those inside black holes or at the Big Bang.
  • E. Timelike Infinity
    Timelike Infinity is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores time travel, cosmic engineering, and far-future human evolution within his Xeelee Sequence universe.
  • 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_69c69f2acdbc8190b5a8320168c1d0ba completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f84db0c48190b2b3d8c5f802f713 completed March 27, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c84f108aec81909b0738b6273d5bd3 completed March 28, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c853ef32288190bcd3c53242bfba25 completed March 28, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c85458fa7481908809f46373445156 completed March 28, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:48 p.m.