Triple
T7990766
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peter Ward |
E185998
|
entity |
| Predicate | theoryProposed |
P119
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Rare Earth hypothesis |
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 hypothesis | Statement: [Peter Ward, theoryProposed, Rare Earth hypothesis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rare Earth hypothesis Context triple: [Peter Ward, theoryProposed, Rare Earth hypothesis]
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A.
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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B.
Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
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C.
Farrer hypothesis
The Farrer hypothesis is a theory of New Testament source criticism that proposes the Gospel of Mark was written first, Matthew used Mark, and Luke used both Mark and Matthew, thereby dispensing with the need for a separate Q source.
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D.
The Metamict State
The Metamict State is a poem by chemist and Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann that reflects on the structural disorder and transformation of materials as a metaphor for human experience.
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E.
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis proposes that a comet or asteroid impact around 12,800 years ago triggered abrupt climate cooling, widespread wildfires, and megafaunal extinctions at the onset of the Younger Dryas period.
- 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.