Triple
T9268207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Percival Lowell |
E222753
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableIdea |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Martian canals |
E788734
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Martian canals | Statement: [Percival Lowell, notableIdea, Martian canals]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martian canals Context triple: [Percival Lowell, notableIdea, Martian canals]
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A.
Mars and Its Canals
chosen
"Mars and Its Canals" is an influential 1906 astronomy book by Percival Lowell that popularized the idea of artificial canals on Mars and helped shape early 20th-century speculation about Martian civilization.
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B.
Martians
Martians are a powerful, shape-shifting alien species from the planet Mars in DC Comics, most famously represented by the superhero Martian Manhunter.
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C.
Martians
Martians are the technologically advanced, hostile alien invaders from H. G. Wells’s science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds."
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D.
The Mystery of Mars
The Mystery of Mars is a science book for young readers that explores the geology, climate, and potential for life on the Red Planet.
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E.
Sphere of Mars
The Sphere of Mars is the celestial realm in Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso where the souls of holy warriors and martyrs reside, symbolizing courage and militant faith.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca841f2e808190a64f4c31903a1332 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd074d2d0081909f9f8db04547358e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0b1ecfadc81909adf95fbbc77c389 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:33 p.m.