Triple
T8316519
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Weird Tales |
E194717
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCoverArtist |
P7128
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Virgil Finlay
Virgil Finlay was an American illustrator renowned for his intricate, stippled black-and-white artwork that became iconic in mid-20th-century science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines.
|
E734722
|
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: Virgil Finlay | Statement: [Weird Tales, notableCoverArtist, Virgil Finlay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Finlay Context triple: [Weird Tales, notableCoverArtist, Virgil Finlay]
-
A.
Henry Kuttner
Henry Kuttner was an influential American author renowned for his imaginative and psychologically rich science fiction and fantasy stories during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Frank R. Paul
Frank R. Paul was a pioneering American illustrator best known for his influential, vividly imaginative science fiction magazine covers in the early 20th century.
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C.
L. Sprague de Camp
L. Sprague de Camp was an influential American science fiction and fantasy author known for his witty, scientifically grounded stories and major contributions during the genre’s Golden Age.
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D.
Raymond Boyd
Raymond Boyd is a linguist known for his research on the Adamawa–Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
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E.
Hal Clement
Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
- 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: Virgil Finlay Triple: [Weird Tales, notableCoverArtist, Virgil Finlay]
Generated description
Virgil Finlay was an American illustrator renowned for his intricate, stippled black-and-white artwork that became iconic in mid-20th-century science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Finlay Target entity description: Virgil Finlay was an American illustrator renowned for his intricate, stippled black-and-white artwork that became iconic in mid-20th-century science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines.
-
A.
Henry Kuttner
Henry Kuttner was an influential American author renowned for his imaginative and psychologically rich science fiction and fantasy stories during the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Frank R. Paul
Frank R. Paul was a pioneering American illustrator best known for his influential, vividly imaginative science fiction magazine covers in the early 20th century.
-
C.
L. Sprague de Camp
L. Sprague de Camp was an influential American science fiction and fantasy author known for his witty, scientifically grounded stories and major contributions during the genre’s Golden Age.
-
D.
Raymond Boyd
Raymond Boyd is a linguist known for his research on the Adamawa–Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
-
E.
Hal Clement
Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
- 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_69ca82e6e2648190a31eaf6f4f757b2a |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7f557a7881908adcf353f7297848 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce1ce5a0c881909ee517678cdc4ef2 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce1ebf0f808190846f70438f45afbf |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce1f68aa04819081538dda256f4169 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.