Triple

T18298463
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Niven E438293 entity
Predicate createdFictionalSpecies P113553 FINISHED
Object Puppeteers
Puppeteers are a highly intelligent, technologically advanced, and secretive alien species from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe, noted for their extreme caution and manipulation of other civilizations.
E1316837 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Puppeteers | Statement: [Larry Niven, createdFictionalSpecies, Puppeteers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Puppeteers
Context triple: [Larry Niven, createdFictionalSpecies, Puppeteers]
  • A. The Marionettes
    The Marionettes is a silent-era film best known for starring prominent early 20th-century American actress Clara Kimball Young.
  • B. The Puppet Show
    The Puppet Show is a dramatic work by Russian Symbolist poet Alexander Blok that reflects his characteristic blend of mysticism, social critique, and theatricality.
  • C. Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
    The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater is a historic venue in San Diego dedicated to the art of puppetry, offering live puppet performances and educational programs for audiences of all ages.
  • D. The Animators
    "The Animators" is a science fiction short story by Sydney J. Bounds that served as the basis for the 2013 film "The Last Days on Mars."
  • E. Puppet
    Puppet is an open-source configuration management and automation tool used to define, deploy, and manage infrastructure as code across large-scale IT environments.
  • 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: Puppeteers
Triple: [Larry Niven, createdFictionalSpecies, Puppeteers]
Generated description
Puppeteers are a highly intelligent, technologically advanced, and secretive alien species from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe, noted for their extreme caution and manipulation of other civilizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Puppeteers
Target entity description: Puppeteers are a highly intelligent, technologically advanced, and secretive alien species from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe, noted for their extreme caution and manipulation of other civilizations.
  • A. The Marionettes
    The Marionettes is a silent-era film best known for starring prominent early 20th-century American actress Clara Kimball Young.
  • B. The Puppet Show
    The Puppet Show is a dramatic work by Russian Symbolist poet Alexander Blok that reflects his characteristic blend of mysticism, social critique, and theatricality.
  • C. Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
    The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater is a historic venue in San Diego dedicated to the art of puppetry, offering live puppet performances and educational programs for audiences of all ages.
  • D. The Animators
    "The Animators" is a science fiction short story by Sydney J. Bounds that served as the basis for the 2013 film "The Last Days on Mars."
  • E. Puppet
    Puppet is an open-source configuration management and automation tool used to define, deploy, and manage infrastructure as code across large-scale IT environments.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: createdFictionalSpecies
Context triple: [Larry Niven, createdFictionalSpecies, Puppeteers]
  • A. fictionalSpecies
    Indicates that the subject is a species that exists only in fiction or imaginary works, rather than in real life.
  • B. creatorSpecies chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the species or kind of being that created or originated another entity.
  • C. fictionalPerformerSpecies
    Indicates that a performer in a fictional work belongs to, or is characterized as, a particular fictional species.
  • D. alienSpeciesName
    Indicates that an entity is identified by the proper name of an alien species.
  • E. hasFictionalInhabitants
    Indicates that a place or setting is inhabited by fictional or imaginary beings.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e44fdf43d08190bbcfb6b1fe3cc0ee completed April 19, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.