Triple

T18022362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Schenkkan E431155 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain is a science fiction thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientists racing to contain it, originally based on Michael Crichton’s novel and later adapted for screen.
E136814 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 Andromeda Strain | Statement: [Robert Schenkkan, wrote, The Andromeda Strain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Andromeda Strain
Context triple: [Robert Schenkkan, wrote, The Andromeda Strain]
  • A. The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientific team racing to contain it.
  • B. The Day of the Triffids
    The Day of the Triffids is a classic British post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham in which humanity is blinded and threatened by aggressive, mobile plants called triffids.
  • C. The Hot Zone
    The Hot Zone is a nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston that chronicles the origins and terrifying outbreaks of deadly filoviruses like Ebola and Marburg.
  • D. The Terminal Man
    The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Andromeda Strain
Triple: [Robert Schenkkan, wrote, The Andromeda Strain]
Generated description
The Andromeda Strain is a science fiction thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientists racing to contain it, originally based on Michael Crichton’s novel and later adapted for screen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Andromeda Strain
Target entity description: The Andromeda Strain is a science fiction thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientists racing to contain it, originally based on Michael Crichton’s novel and later adapted for screen.
  • A. The Andromeda Strain chosen
    The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientific team racing to contain it.
  • B. The Day of the Triffids
    The Day of the Triffids is a classic British post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham in which humanity is blinded and threatened by aggressive, mobile plants called triffids.
  • C. The Hot Zone
    The Hot Zone is a nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston that chronicles the origins and terrifying outbreaks of deadly filoviruses like Ebola and Marburg.
  • D. The Terminal Man
    The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8b9050fb48190890155145deb0a66 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4b9c3a2c48190bbe4a0581466cd2f completed April 19, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a034328fef08190a3f78f8bee859d24 completed May 12, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03447c0530819082d554592eec03ca completed May 12, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034552e424819087b23bcf3f688523 completed May 12, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:24 a.m.