Triple

T18298459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Niven E438293 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Integral Trees
The Integral Trees is a hard science fiction novel by Larry Niven set in a free-fall gas torus, exploring human societies adapted to life in a bizarre zero-gravity environment.
E1316834 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 Integral Trees | Statement: [Larry Niven, notableWork, The Integral Trees]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Integral Trees
Context triple: [Larry Niven, notableWork, The Integral Trees]
  • A. Tree That Owns Itself
    The Tree That Owns Itself is a famous white oak in Athens, Georgia, reputedly granted legal ownership of itself and the land immediately surrounding it.
  • B. The Path Through the Trees
    The Path Through the Trees is a memoir by Christopher Robin Milne reflecting on his adult life and his complex relationship with the fame of his childhood as the inspiration for A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
  • C. 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.
  • D. The Tree
    "The Tree" is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative approach to art.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Integral Trees
Triple: [Larry Niven, notableWork, The Integral Trees]
Generated description
The Integral Trees is a hard science fiction novel by Larry Niven set in a free-fall gas torus, exploring human societies adapted to life in a bizarre zero-gravity environment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Integral Trees
Target entity description: The Integral Trees is a hard science fiction novel by Larry Niven set in a free-fall gas torus, exploring human societies adapted to life in a bizarre zero-gravity environment.
  • A. Tree That Owns Itself
    The Tree That Owns Itself is a famous white oak in Athens, Georgia, reputedly granted legal ownership of itself and the land immediately surrounding it.
  • B. The Path Through the Trees
    The Path Through the Trees is a memoir by Christopher Robin Milne reflecting on his adult life and his complex relationship with the fame of his childhood as the inspiration for A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
  • C. 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.
  • D. The Tree
    "The Tree" is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative approach to art.
  • E. 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.
  • 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.