Triple

T18298785
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Teela Brown E438300 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 the fates of its original expedition members.
E1349707 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: [Teela Brown, appearsIn, The Ringworld Engineers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ringworld Engineers
Context triple: [Teela Brown, 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: [Teela Brown, 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 the fates of its original expedition members.
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 the fates of its original expedition members.
  • 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

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_6a0590f7ebf88190a2f54fe547631174 completed May 14, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0594daef208190b6a972c0cc6c8b1b completed May 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0595485b64819081169766ad8971a6 completed May 14, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.