Triple
T8511209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Foundation (1942 short story) |
E201455
|
entity |
| Predicate | periodicalEditor |
P35804
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John W. Campbell Jr. |
E141539
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: John W. Campbell Jr. | Statement: [Foundation (1942 short story), periodicalEditor, John W. Campbell Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Campbell Jr. Context triple: [Foundation (1942 short story), periodicalEditor, John W. Campbell Jr.]
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A.
John W. Campbell Jr.
chosen
John W. Campbell Jr. was a highly influential American science fiction writer and editor, best known for shaping modern science fiction through his long tenure at Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog).
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B.
H. L. Gold
H. L. Gold was an influential American science fiction editor and writer best known for shaping the genre through his innovative leadership of mid-20th-century magazines.
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C.
Cyril M. Kornbluth
Cyril M. Kornbluth was an influential American science fiction writer known for his sharp social satire and classic mid-20th-century works such as "The Marching Morons" and "The Space Merchants" (with Frederik Pohl).
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D.
E. E. "Doc" Smith
E. E. "Doc" Smith was an American science fiction author best known for pioneering the space opera subgenre with his influential Lensman and Skylark series during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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E.
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: periodicalEditor Context triple: [Foundation (1942 short story), periodicalEditor, John W. Campbell Jr.]
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A.
editorialRole
chosen
Indicates that one entity holds an editorial position or responsibility in relation to another entity, such as a publication, work, or organization.
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B.
editedBy
Indicates that one entity has revised, modified, or otherwise made editorial changes to another entity.
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C.
magazineEditorAtFirstPublication
Indicates that a person served as the editor of a magazine at the time of its first publication.
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D.
formerEditorInChief
Indicates that a person previously held, but no longer holds, the position of editor-in-chief of a publication or organization.
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E.
publisherOfWorkAppearingIn
Indicates that an entity is the publisher responsible for issuing a work in which another specified work appears (e.g., as part of a collection, volume, or compilation).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69ca8320e5748190ac2c585a0bba8193 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe608e5b08190a6d551793e8ed94b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d178a6467c8190aab201fb12d2a64e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cbd10cfd208190a519049fad32c508 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:15 p.m.