Triple

T18751777
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steve Jones (geneticist) E458542 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Almost Like a Whale
Almost Like a Whale is a popular science book by geneticist Steve Jones that revisits and updates Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution using modern genetics and contemporary examples.
E1341333 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: Almost Like a Whale | Statement: [Steve Jones (geneticist), notableWork, Almost Like a Whale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Almost Like a Whale
Context triple: [Steve Jones (geneticist), notableWork, Almost Like a Whale]
  • A. Outside the Whale
    Outside the Whale is an essay by Salman Rushdie that reflects on politics, literature, and the writer’s role in confronting power, collected in his non-fiction volume Imaginary Homelands.
  • B. Whale Music
    Whale Music is a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama film, adapted from Paul Quarrington’s novel, about a reclusive former rock star whose isolated life is disrupted by an unexpected visitor.
  • C. Woke on a Whaleheart
    Woke on a Whaleheart is a 2007 indie folk/rock album by Bill Callahan, marking one of his early releases under his own name after recording as Smog.
  • D. Fin the Whale
    Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
  • E. Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)
    "Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)" is a somber, introspective song by Bruce Springsteen that appears as a bonus track associated with his 2012 album *Wrecking Ball*.
  • 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: Almost Like a Whale
Triple: [Steve Jones (geneticist), notableWork, Almost Like a Whale]
Generated description
Almost Like a Whale is a popular science book by geneticist Steve Jones that revisits and updates Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution using modern genetics and contemporary examples.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Almost Like a Whale
Target entity description: Almost Like a Whale is a popular science book by geneticist Steve Jones that revisits and updates Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution using modern genetics and contemporary examples.
  • A. Outside the Whale
    Outside the Whale is an essay by Salman Rushdie that reflects on politics, literature, and the writer’s role in confronting power, collected in his non-fiction volume Imaginary Homelands.
  • B. Whale Music
    Whale Music is a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama film, adapted from Paul Quarrington’s novel, about a reclusive former rock star whose isolated life is disrupted by an unexpected visitor.
  • C. Woke on a Whaleheart
    Woke on a Whaleheart is a 2007 indie folk/rock album by Bill Callahan, marking one of his early releases under his own name after recording as Smog.
  • D. Fin the Whale
    Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
  • E. Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)
    "Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)" is a somber, introspective song by Bruce Springsteen that appears as a bonus track associated with his 2012 album *Wrecking Ball*.
  • 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_69d8d394dc308190b6725073f5db324c completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e579ed4e6881908791f2a6250010a6 completed April 20, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a053d36fc908190b3193d52ce4504ce completed May 14, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a053e216ce0819093f0e9e9b707fca8 completed May 14, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a053ed266a481908dc9ff85e1d7cf4f completed May 14, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:51 a.m.