Triple

T18298536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Known Space E438294 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Brennan
Brennan is a prominent character from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe, best known as a powerful, genetically engineered human with extraordinary physical abilities and a central role in several stories.
 E1316860 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: Brennan | Statement: [Known Space, notableCharacter, Brennan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brennan
Context triple: [Known Space, notableCharacter, Brennan]
  • A. Brennan
    Brennan is an electoral division in Australia's Northern Territory that includes part of the town of Alice Springs.
  • B. Brennan
    Brennan is a surname most prominently associated with William J. Brennan Jr., a long-serving and influential Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court known for his progressive jurisprudence.
  • C. O'Brien
    O'Brien is a common Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with the descendants of the High King Brian Boru.
  • D. Brodie
    Brodie is a Scottish surname historically associated with a Highland clan and used by various notable figures in sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Bresnahan
    Bresnahan is a surname most notably associated with early 20th-century American baseball player and Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan.
  • 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: Brennan
Triple: [Known Space, notableCharacter, Brennan]
Generated description
Brennan is a prominent character from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe, best known as a powerful, genetically engineered human with extraordinary physical abilities and a central role in several stories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brennan
Target entity description: Brennan is a prominent character from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe, best known as a powerful, genetically engineered human with extraordinary physical abilities and a central role in several stories.
  • A. Brennan
    Brennan is a surname most prominently associated with William J. Brennan Jr., a long-serving and influential Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court known for his progressive jurisprudence.
  • B. Brennan
    Brennan is an electoral division in Australia's Northern Territory that includes part of the town of Alice Springs.
  • C. O'Brien
    O'Brien is a common Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with the descendants of the High King Brian Boru.
  • D. Brodie
    Brodie is a Scottish surname historically associated with a Highland clan and used by various notable figures in sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Bresnahan
    Bresnahan is a surname most notably associated with early 20th-century American baseball player and Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan.
  • 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.