Triple

T7657711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Brin E173427 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Existence
Existence is a science fiction novel by David Brin that explores themes of first contact, the future of humanity, and the implications of advanced technology on civilization.
E679730 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: Existence | Statement: [David Brin, notableWork, Existence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Existence
Context triple: [David Brin, notableWork, Existence]
  • A. Existence and Existents
    "Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
  • B. existentialism
    Existentialism is a philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and responsibility in a world often seen as inherently meaningless or absurd.
  • C. On Non-Existence
    On Non-Existence is a lost sophistic treatise, attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias, that famously argues in paradoxical fashion that nothing exists, that if anything did exist it would be unknowable, and that if it were knowable it could not be communicated.
  • D. Philosophy of Existence
    Philosophy of Existence is a major work by Karl Jaspers that explores existential themes such as freedom, transcendence, and the limits of human understanding.
  • E. Doctrine of Being
    The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
  • 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: Existence
Triple: [David Brin, notableWork, Existence]
Generated description
Existence is a science fiction novel by David Brin that explores themes of first contact, the future of humanity, and the implications of advanced technology on civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Existence
Target entity description: Existence is a science fiction novel by David Brin that explores themes of first contact, the future of humanity, and the implications of advanced technology on civilization.
  • A. Existence and Existents
    "Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
  • B. existentialism
    Existentialism is a philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and responsibility in a world often seen as inherently meaningless or absurd.
  • C. On Non-Existence
    On Non-Existence is a lost sophistic treatise, attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias, that famously argues in paradoxical fashion that nothing exists, that if anything did exist it would be unknowable, and that if it were knowable it could not be communicated.
  • D. Philosophy of Existence
    Philosophy of Existence is a major work by Karl Jaspers that explores existential themes such as freedom, transcendence, and the limits of human understanding.
  • E. Doctrine of Being
    The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
  • 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_69c69955517c819085bc715b96d304d2 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c7019161548190855a5b1e9f5d7e99 completed March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c89b0d345081909a1d4475fa3876f5 completed March 29, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c89d77b7cc81908120da0121c94537 completed March 29, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c89ddd81a88190924d41529e94b06b completed March 29, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:59 p.m.