Triple

T22788453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ig Nobel Prize E564036 entity
Predicate awardFor P107 FINISHED
Object improbable research
Improbable research is a field of scientific study that investigates unusual, humorous, or seemingly trivial topics that first make people laugh and then make them think.
E1554592 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: improbable research | Statement: [Ig Nobel Prize, awardFor, improbable research]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: improbable research
Context triple: [Ig Nobel Prize, awardFor, improbable research]
  • A. Of Knowledge and Probability
    "Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
  • B. The Probability Broach
    The Probability Broach is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores an alternate-history America founded on radically individualist principles.
  • C. Another Knowledge Is Possible
    Another Knowledge Is Possible is a scholarly work by sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos that critiques dominant Western epistemologies and advocates for plural, decolonial forms of knowledge.
  • D. An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
    An Anecdoted Topography of Chance is an experimental artist’s book by Daniel Spoerri that catalogues the objects on his table through playful, digressive anecdotes, blending autobiography, conceptual art, and chance operations.
  • E. Inopinaves
    Inopinaves is a proposed clade of modern birds that groups together several unexpectedly related lineages based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
  • 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: improbable research
Triple: [Ig Nobel Prize, awardFor, improbable research]
Generated description
Improbable research is a field of scientific study that investigates unusual, humorous, or seemingly trivial topics that first make people laugh and then make them think.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: improbable research
Target entity description: Improbable research is a field of scientific study that investigates unusual, humorous, or seemingly trivial topics that first make people laugh and then make them think.
  • A. Of Knowledge and Probability
    "Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
  • B. The Probability Broach
    The Probability Broach is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores an alternate-history America founded on radically individualist principles.
  • C. Another Knowledge Is Possible
    Another Knowledge Is Possible is a scholarly work by sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos that critiques dominant Western epistemologies and advocates for plural, decolonial forms of knowledge.
  • D. An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
    An Anecdoted Topography of Chance is an experimental artist’s book by Daniel Spoerri that catalogues the objects on his table through playful, digressive anecdotes, blending autobiography, conceptual art, and chance operations.
  • E. Inopinaves
    Inopinaves is a proposed clade of modern birds that groups together several unexpectedly related lineages based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
  • 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_69e2455500788190b4b33030461f3bbd completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17c33be7c8190ad22391a85fa000d completed April 29, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b9e905b148190b319d88ca3e7ca8e completed May 18, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b9f0e73048190ac2e1ad53912dde5 completed May 18, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b9ff292b88190b1f318a8a801fbd1 completed May 18, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:29 p.m.