Triple

T18298458
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Niven E438293 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Footfall
Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that depicts an alien invasion of Earth by elephant-like extraterrestrials and humanity’s desperate military and political response.
 E1316833 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: Footfall | Statement: [Larry Niven, notableWork, Footfall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Footfall
Context triple: [Larry Niven, notableWork, Footfall]
  • A. Footfalls
    "Footfalls" is a one-woman play by Samuel Beckett, renowned for its minimalist staging and intense psychological focus, famously performed by actress Billie Whitelaw.
  • B. Footsteps
    "Footsteps" is a track from the band Nightlife, known for its atmospheric, emotionally driven sound within their alternative rock style.
  • C. Footsteps
    "Footsteps" is a popular song performed by American singer Steve Lawrence that became one of his best-known hits in the early 1960s.
  • D. Footprints
    "Footprints" is a widely influential jazz composition by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, known for its modal harmony and iconic status in the modern jazz repertoire.
  • E. Footprints
    "Footprints" is a literary work by American editor and writer Mabel Loomis Todd, best known for her role in editing and publishing the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
  • 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: Footfall
Triple: [Larry Niven, notableWork, Footfall]
Generated description
Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that depicts an alien invasion of Earth by elephant-like extraterrestrials and humanity’s desperate military and political response.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Footfall
Target entity description: Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that depicts an alien invasion of Earth by elephant-like extraterrestrials and humanity’s desperate military and political response.
  • A. Footfalls
    "Footfalls" is a one-woman play by Samuel Beckett, renowned for its minimalist staging and intense psychological focus, famously performed by actress Billie Whitelaw.
  • B. Footsteps
    "Footsteps" is a track from the band Nightlife, known for its atmospheric, emotionally driven sound within their alternative rock style.
  • C. Footsteps
    "Footsteps" is a popular song performed by American singer Steve Lawrence that became one of his best-known hits in the early 1960s.
  • D. Footprints
    "Footprints" is a widely influential jazz composition by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, known for its modal harmony and iconic status in the modern jazz repertoire.
  • E. Footprints
    "Footprints" is a literary work by American editor and writer Mabel Loomis Todd, best known for her role in editing and publishing the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
  • 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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5017d96588190ac1e326803142976 completed April 19, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03bb5c7e4c8190b360b15b6e6ac677 completed May 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03bbfa0da481908bb0e388dcbe9913 completed May 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03bd6078b88190887a32099fc31db0 completed May 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.