Triple

T20392501
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan Dean Foster E498116 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Nor Crystal Tears
Nor Crystal Tears is a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster that explores first contact between humans and the insectoid Thranx species in his Humanx Commonwealth universe.
 E1428382 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: Nor Crystal Tears | Statement: [Alan Dean Foster, notableWork, Nor Crystal Tears]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nor Crystal Tears
Context triple: [Alan Dean Foster, notableWork, Nor Crystal Tears]
  • A. No Tear
    "No Tear" is a song from the 2012 indie rock album *Put Your Back N 2 It* by American musician Perfume Genius.
  • B. No Tears
    "No Tears" is a song by British singer-songwriter James Blunt from his 2010 studio album "Some Kind of Trouble."
  • C. End in Tears
    "End in Tears" is a song by the English indie pop band Saint Etienne from their album "A Good Humor" (often associated with their dreamy, melodic style).
  • D. Tears of Rain
    "Tears of Rain" is a song by the American rock band Greta Van Fleet from their album *The Battle at Garden’s Gate*, noted for its atmospheric, melodic style and emotive lyrics.
  • E. No Time for Tears
    "No Time for Tears" is a song by American singer Ashlee Simpson from her pop-rock album "Bittersweet World."
  • 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: Nor Crystal Tears
Triple: [Alan Dean Foster, notableWork, Nor Crystal Tears]
Generated description
Nor Crystal Tears is a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster that explores first contact between humans and the insectoid Thranx species in his Humanx Commonwealth universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nor Crystal Tears
Target entity description: Nor Crystal Tears is a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster that explores first contact between humans and the insectoid Thranx species in his Humanx Commonwealth universe.
  • A. No Tear
    "No Tear" is a song from the 2012 indie rock album *Put Your Back N 2 It* by American musician Perfume Genius.
  • B. No Tears
    "No Tears" is a song by British singer-songwriter James Blunt from his 2010 studio album "Some Kind of Trouble."
  • C. End in Tears
    "End in Tears" is a song by the English indie pop band Saint Etienne from their album "A Good Humor" (often associated with their dreamy, melodic style).
  • D. Tears of Rain
    "Tears of Rain" is a song by the American rock band Greta Van Fleet from their album *The Battle at Garden’s Gate*, noted for its atmospheric, melodic style and emotive lyrics.
  • E. No Time for Tears
    "No Time for Tears" is a song by American singer Ashlee Simpson from her pop-rock album "Bittersweet World."
  • 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e679108b1481909677cf80e8e77e76 completed April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0876260e548190b0ca1cdee28fe72d completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0877d6b364819080b5e701acea02aa completed May 16, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08787cfe6c8190881554ead3cfd248 completed May 16, 2026, 2 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.