Triple

T17710585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manhattan in Reverse E441551 entity
Predicate hasShortStory P6847 FINISHED
Object Watching Trees Grow
"Watching Trees Grow" is a science fiction short story by Peter F. Hamilton, set in an alternate-history world and following an immortal protagonist across centuries of technological and societal change.
E1284087 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: Watching Trees Grow | Statement: [Manhattan in Reverse, hasShortStory, Watching Trees Grow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watching Trees Grow
Context triple: [Manhattan in Reverse, hasShortStory, Watching Trees Grow]
  • A. The Power of Trees
    "The Power of Trees" is an influential work by ecologist Gretchen C. Daily that explores the vital ecological, economic, and cultural roles of trees and forests in sustaining life on Earth.
  • B. The Trees They Do Grow High
    "The Trees They Do Grow High" is a traditional British folk ballad about an arranged marriage between a young girl and a much younger boy, widely recorded and interpreted by various folk artists.
  • C. When the Trees Were Tall
    "When the Trees Were Tall" is a 1961 Soviet drama film, best known for featuring beloved actor Yuri Nikulin in one of his early major screen roles.
  • D. Some Trees
    "Some Trees" is an influential early poetry collection by American poet John Ashbery, noted for its innovative, abstract style and importance to postwar American poetry.
  • E. Years of the Trees
    Years of the Trees is a mythological time period in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, marked by the light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the rise of the Sun and Moon.
  • 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: Watching Trees Grow
Triple: [Manhattan in Reverse, hasShortStory, Watching Trees Grow]
Generated description
"Watching Trees Grow" is a science fiction short story by Peter F. Hamilton, set in an alternate-history world and following an immortal protagonist across centuries of technological and societal change.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watching Trees Grow
Target entity description: "Watching Trees Grow" is a science fiction short story by Peter F. Hamilton, set in an alternate-history world and following an immortal protagonist across centuries of technological and societal change.
  • A. The Power of Trees
    "The Power of Trees" is an influential work by ecologist Gretchen C. Daily that explores the vital ecological, economic, and cultural roles of trees and forests in sustaining life on Earth.
  • B. The Trees They Do Grow High
    "The Trees They Do Grow High" is a traditional British folk ballad about an arranged marriage between a young girl and a much younger boy, widely recorded and interpreted by various folk artists.
  • C. When the Trees Were Tall
    "When the Trees Were Tall" is a 1961 Soviet drama film, best known for featuring beloved actor Yuri Nikulin in one of his early major screen roles.
  • D. Some Trees
    "Some Trees" is an influential early poetry collection by American poet John Ashbery, noted for its innovative, abstract style and importance to postwar American poetry.
  • E. Years of the Trees
    Years of the Trees is a mythological time period in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, marked by the light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the rise of the Sun and Moon.
  • 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_69d8b9ea20b48190ace88bb46b01e6a9 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4729a9a9c81908d65ff0bda12c961 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a023025ae808190ba3e9a875bfc68e9 completed May 11, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a023249cfb0819091d3fa8c3089f241 completed May 11, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0232ce696c81908d0e57ea214f88ce completed May 11, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m.