Triple

T8666695
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Skylark of Space E205692 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Richard Seaton
Richard Seaton is the brilliant scientist-hero of E.E. "Doc" Smith's Skylark space opera series, known for pioneering interstellar travel and battling cosmic threats.
 E749442 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: Richard Seaton | Statement: [The Skylark of Space, mainCharacter, Richard Seaton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Seaton
Context triple: [The Skylark of Space, mainCharacter, Richard Seaton]
  • A. Alex Reiger
    Alex Reiger is the level-headed, philosophical cab driver who serves as the central character in the classic television sitcom "Taxi."
  • B. Stephen Sinclair
    Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
  • C. Edward Shearmur
    Edward Shearmur is a British film composer known for his orchestral scores for a wide range of Hollywood movies and television projects.
  • D. Roderick Kinney
    Roderick Kinney is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Kinney surname.
  • E. Philip Hudson
    Philip Hudson was an Australian architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance war memorial.
  • 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: Richard Seaton
Triple: [The Skylark of Space, mainCharacter, Richard Seaton]
Generated description
Richard Seaton is the brilliant scientist-hero of E.E. "Doc" Smith's Skylark space opera series, known for pioneering interstellar travel and battling cosmic threats.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Seaton
Target entity description: Richard Seaton is the brilliant scientist-hero of E.E. "Doc" Smith's Skylark space opera series, known for pioneering interstellar travel and battling cosmic threats.
  • A. Alex Reiger
    Alex Reiger is the level-headed, philosophical cab driver who serves as the central character in the classic television sitcom "Taxi."
  • B. Stephen Sinclair
    Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
  • C. Edward Shearmur
    Edward Shearmur is a British film composer known for his orchestral scores for a wide range of Hollywood movies and television projects.
  • D. Roderick Kinney
    Roderick Kinney is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Kinney surname.
  • E. Philip Hudson
    Philip Hudson was an Australian architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance war memorial.
  • 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_69ca83516ae88190aefe034b3bc589e3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc48a1dd1481908c56abca48fcd562 completed March 31, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cecd1592788190a882fb7218f95807 completed April 2, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece8e5afc8190912b6eb9c80dd073 completed April 2, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecf8ee4f48190bb901e35ade91b6c completed April 2, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:31 p.m.