Triple

T8708225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timescape E206704 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Gordon Bernstein
Gordon Bernstein is a central physicist protagonist in Gregory Benford's science fiction novel "Timescape," known for his role in attempting to communicate warnings about ecological disaster across time.
 E753580 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: Gordon Bernstein | Statement: [Timescape, hasCharacter, Gordon Bernstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Bernstein
Context triple: [Timescape, hasCharacter, Gordon Bernstein]
  • A. Joseph Bernstein
    Joseph Bernstein is a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and number theory.
  • B. Murray Schisgal
    Murray Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his offbeat comedies and for co-writing the acclaimed film "Tootsie."
  • C. Leonard Rosenman
    Leonard Rosenman was an American composer best known for his innovative, modernist film and television scores in the 1950s and beyond.
  • D. Walter Bernstein
    Walter Bernstein was an American screenwriter and journalist known for his work in film and television and for being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
  • E. Roger Birnbaum
    Roger Birnbaum is an American film producer and studio executive known for co-founding Spyglass Entertainment and producing numerous mainstream Hollywood films.
  • 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: Gordon Bernstein
Triple: [Timescape, hasCharacter, Gordon Bernstein]
Generated description
Gordon Bernstein is a central physicist protagonist in Gregory Benford's science fiction novel "Timescape," known for his role in attempting to communicate warnings about ecological disaster across time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Bernstein
Target entity description: Gordon Bernstein is a central physicist protagonist in Gregory Benford's science fiction novel "Timescape," known for his role in attempting to communicate warnings about ecological disaster across time.
  • A. Joseph Bernstein
    Joseph Bernstein is a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and number theory.
  • B. Murray Schisgal
    Murray Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his offbeat comedies and for co-writing the acclaimed film "Tootsie."
  • C. Leonard Rosenman
    Leonard Rosenman was an American composer best known for his innovative, modernist film and television scores in the 1950s and beyond.
  • D. Walter Bernstein
    Walter Bernstein was an American screenwriter and journalist known for his work in film and television and for being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
  • E. Roger Birnbaum
    Roger Birnbaum is an American film producer and studio executive known for co-founding Spyglass Entertainment and producing numerous mainstream Hollywood films.
  • 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_69ca835645e881908f00e3c8b51da81d completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc58ffa6a481908866b6239d1d9b92 completed March 31, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf28b78e90819098ab1d4877ab88fe completed April 3, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2bd14c3c8190b43840ee57cca22c completed April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2cb3c4308190971fb3d25064f205 completed April 3, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.