Triple
T900795
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arthur C. Clarke |
E19440
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
|
E112597
|
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: The Songs of Distant Earth | Statement: [Arthur C. Clarke, notableWork, The Songs of Distant Earth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Songs of Distant Earth Context triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, notableWork, The Songs of Distant Earth]
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A.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
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B.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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C.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores time travel, temporal engineering, and the unintended consequences of manipulating history.
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D.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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E.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
- 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: The Songs of Distant Earth Triple: [Arthur C. Clarke, notableWork, The Songs of Distant Earth]
Generated description
The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Songs of Distant Earth Target entity description: The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
-
A.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
-
B.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
-
C.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores time travel, temporal engineering, and the unintended consequences of manipulating history.
-
D.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
-
E.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
- 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_69a4939e889c8190ac148b3ac1a7f90b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ad42ecac81909f8bc554d2fe0363 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a9339e557c81908d4d44f922994ba0 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a939dc47088190a67f78eaf654164e |
completed | March 5, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aa969be4648190a74982d015763dcd |
completed | March 6, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.