Triple

T19179030
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vacuum Diagrams E469520 entity
Predicate containsWork P2011 FINISHED
Object “Shell”
“Shell” is a short story by Stephen Baxter that appears in his science fiction collection *Vacuum Diagrams*, exploring themes of cosmic-scale engineering and the far future of humanity.
 E1363403 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: “Shell” | Statement: [Vacuum Diagrams, containsWork, “Shell”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Shell”
Context triple: [Vacuum Diagrams, containsWork, “Shell”]
  • A. Shinel’
    Shinel’ is the original Russian title of Nikolai Gogol’s classic short story “The Overcoat,” a foundational work of 19th-century Russian literature.
  • B. Shap
    Shap is a small village in Cumbria, England, known for its historic abbey ruins and proximity to the Lake District.
  • C. Osko
    Osko is an Australian real-time payment service that enables fast, secure, and data-rich bank transfers between participating financial institutions.
  • D. Bash Aparan
    Bash Aparan is the former name of the Armenian town now known as Aparan, located in the Aragatsotn Province.
  • E. Selloi
    The Selloi were the ancient priests associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus, known from Homeric tradition.
  • 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: “Shell”
Triple: [Vacuum Diagrams, containsWork, “Shell”]
Generated description
“Shell” is a short story by Stephen Baxter that appears in his science fiction collection *Vacuum Diagrams*, exploring themes of cosmic-scale engineering and the far future of humanity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Shell”
Target entity description: “Shell” is a short story by Stephen Baxter that appears in his science fiction collection *Vacuum Diagrams*, exploring themes of cosmic-scale engineering and the far future of humanity.
  • A. Shinel’
    Shinel’ is the original Russian title of Nikolai Gogol’s classic short story “The Overcoat,” a foundational work of 19th-century Russian literature.
  • B. Shap
    Shap is a small village in Cumbria, England, known for its historic abbey ruins and proximity to the Lake District.
  • C. Osko
    Osko is an Australian real-time payment service that enables fast, secure, and data-rich bank transfers between participating financial institutions.
  • D. Bash Aparan
    Bash Aparan is the former name of the Armenian town now known as Aparan, located in the Aragatsotn Province.
  • E. Selloi
    The Selloi were the ancient priests associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus, known from Homeric tradition.
  • 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_69d8dd09d5a081909ae43c286651ae5a completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5f619c60c81909d11489525add829 completed April 20, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f8b247b48190b4056b99a194d775 completed May 15, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06fa3508a081908e76f7f865ca65ce completed May 15, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06fb454edc8190a1489c04bc749852 completed May 15, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:07 p.m.