Triple

T18298647
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Louis Wu E438297 entity
Predicate appearsIn P795 FINISHED
Object The Ringworld Engineers
The Ringworld Engineers is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven that continues the exploration of the vast artificial Ringworld megastructure and its complex alien civilizations.
E1319811 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 Ringworld Engineers | Statement: [Louis Wu, appearsIn, The Ringworld Engineers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ringworld Engineers
Context triple: [Louis Wu, appearsIn, The Ringworld Engineers]
  • A. Ringworld
    Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
  • B. Ringworld Throne
    "Ringworld Throne" is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven that continues his acclaimed Ringworld series, exploring political upheaval and complex alien cultures on the vast artificial ring structure.
  • C. The Mote in God’s Eye
    The Mote in God’s Eye is a classic hard science fiction novel, co-written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, renowned for its intricate depiction of first contact with an alien civilization.
  • D. The Songs of Distant Earth
    The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
  • E. The Dosadi Experiment
    The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
  • 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 Ringworld Engineers
Triple: [Louis Wu, appearsIn, The Ringworld Engineers]
Generated description
The Ringworld Engineers is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven that continues the exploration of the vast artificial Ringworld megastructure and its complex alien civilizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ringworld Engineers
Target entity description: The Ringworld Engineers is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven that continues the exploration of the vast artificial Ringworld megastructure and its complex alien civilizations.
  • A. Ringworld
    Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
  • B. Ringworld Throne chosen
    "Ringworld Throne" is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven that continues his acclaimed Ringworld series, exploring political upheaval and complex alien cultures on the vast artificial ring structure.
  • C. The Mote in God’s Eye
    The Mote in God’s Eye is a classic hard science fiction novel, co-written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, renowned for its intricate depiction of first contact with an alien civilization.
  • D. The Songs of Distant Earth
    The Songs of Distant Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of interstellar travel, human colonization, and the emotional costs of leaving a dying Earth behind.
  • E. The Dosadi Experiment
    The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
  • 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_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_6a05036a457481909ee7e4b1b8246797 completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05076aaaf08190a1412e1801b65a77 completed May 13, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05080e38488190aa619ec1f38f77de completed May 13, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.