Triple

T9153267
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bob Shaw E219641 entity
Predicate knownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer
Bob Shaw was a Northern Irish science fiction author and celebrated fan writer best known for his inventive concepts, humorous and insightful convention talks, and influential works such as "Light of Other Days" and the novel "Other Days, Other Eyes."
 E779927 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: Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer | Statement: [Bob Shaw, knownAs, Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer
Context triple: [Bob Shaw, knownAs, Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer]
  • A. Brian W. Aldiss
    Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
  • B. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • C. Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
  • D. Poul Anderson
    Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • E. Alan Dean Foster
    Alan Dean Foster is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his novelizations and original works tied to major film and television franchises, including Star Trek and Star Wars.
  • 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: Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer
Triple: [Bob Shaw, knownAs, Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer]
Generated description
Bob Shaw was a Northern Irish science fiction author and celebrated fan writer best known for his inventive concepts, humorous and insightful convention talks, and influential works such as "Light of Other Days" and the novel "Other Days, Other Eyes."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction author and fan writer
Target entity description: Bob Shaw was a Northern Irish science fiction author and celebrated fan writer best known for his inventive concepts, humorous and insightful convention talks, and influential works such as "Light of Other Days" and the novel "Other Days, Other Eyes."
  • A. Brian W. Aldiss
    Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
  • B. Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • C. Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
  • D. Poul Anderson
    Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • E. Alan Dean Foster
    Alan Dean Foster is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for his novelizations and original works tied to major film and television franchises, including Star Trek and Star Wars.
  • 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_69ca83e25418819093c6503deeaf30de completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca96e323881909cbf4d6708f24f79 completed April 1, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d04846544481909012f5c7fbbf3b0a completed April 3, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d048dcd7448190bee7509495e964eb completed April 3, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049b6a0188190b52f833795a8ad05 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:20 p.m.