Triple
T7990746
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peter Ward |
E185998
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe |
E31695
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe | Statement: [Peter Ward, notableWork, Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe Context triple: [Peter Ward, notableWork, Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe]
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A.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
"Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" is James Lovelock’s influential book that introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living system.
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B.
The Origin of Life
The Origin of Life is a seminal 1967 scientific work by John Desmond Bernal that explores hypotheses on how life first emerged from non-living matter on Earth.
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C.
Rare Earth hypothesis
chosen
The Rare Earth hypothesis argues that while simple life may be common in the universe, the combination of conditions needed for complex, intelligent life is so improbable that Earth-like civilizations are exceedingly rare.
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D.
Origins of Life (book)
"Origins of Life" is a scientific book by physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson that explores theoretical scenarios for how life might have first emerged from nonliving matter.
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E.
Fermi paradox
The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial civilizations existing in the universe and the lack of evidence or contact with them.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca829c6c308190ab05b43d234c52b2 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3c6fc19c8190b98023e257c2f4f2 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cbe0f5c22881908044a178d670684c |
completed | March 31, 2026, 2:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:16 p.m.