Triple

T9722522
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Poul Anderson E235512 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Tau Zero
Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.
E816135 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: Tau Zero | Statement: [Poul Anderson, notableWork, Tau Zero]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tau Zero
Context triple: [Poul Anderson, notableWork, Tau Zero]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Mother Night
    Mother Night is a 1996 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, following an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist as he grapples with guilt, identity, and moral ambiguity.
  • C. Year Zero
    Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
  • D. Year Zero
    Year Zero is a concept album by Nine Inch Nails that presents a dystopian vision of a near-future theocratic United States through an industrial rock soundscape and accompanying alternate reality game.
  • E. The Way Station
    "The Way Station" is a short story by Stephen King that was later incorporated as a section of his dark fantasy novel "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," following Roland Deschain's journey through a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape.
  • 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: Tau Zero
Triple: [Poul Anderson, notableWork, Tau Zero]
Generated description
Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tau Zero
Target entity description: Tau Zero is a hard science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that follows a near-light-speed starship crew facing relativistic time dilation and the ultimate fate of the universe.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Mother Night
    Mother Night is a 1996 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, following an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist as he grapples with guilt, identity, and moral ambiguity.
  • C. Year Zero
    Year Zero is a concept album by Nine Inch Nails that presents a dystopian vision of a near-future theocratic United States through an industrial rock soundscape and accompanying alternate reality game.
  • D. Year Zero
    Year Zero is the term used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for its radical attempt to reset society by erasing history, culture, and existing social structures to build a new agrarian communist state.
  • E. The Way Station
    "The Way Station" is a short story by Stephen King that was later incorporated as a section of his dark fantasy novel "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," following Roland Deschain's journey through a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape.
  • 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_69ca84d0123c819096f9dc3b6abb0881 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9e75abd48190a6e6679ec51496e8 completed April 1, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d19fa5a8e48190b7b1742eb6c3b81e completed April 4, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1a022efd48190b0206bbdf3d93b9e completed April 4, 2026, 11:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1a09ae5b48190b4d0b01cd20ba140 completed April 4, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:20 p.m.