Triple
T9153292
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Scalzi |
E219642
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Collapsing Empire
The Collapsing Empire is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that launches the Interdependency series, depicting a far-future human empire facing the imminent collapse of its faster-than-light travel network.
|
E779938
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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: The Collapsing Empire | Statement: [John Scalzi, notableWork, The Collapsing Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Collapsing Empire Context triple: [John Scalzi, notableWork, The Collapsing Empire]
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A.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
Fallen Empires
Fallen Empires is a studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol that showcases a more expansive, electronic-influenced sound compared to their earlier work.
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D.
Imperial Earth
Imperial Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores human colonization of the Solar System and the personal journey of a man from Titan visiting an overpopulated Earth.
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E.
The New Empire
The New Empire is a 1902 historical and economic treatise by American historian Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise of commercial and imperial power in the United States and the broader Western 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: The Collapsing Empire Triple: [John Scalzi, notableWork, The Collapsing Empire]
Generated description
The Collapsing Empire is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that launches the Interdependency series, depicting a far-future human empire facing the imminent collapse of its faster-than-light travel network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Collapsing Empire Target entity description: The Collapsing Empire is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that launches the Interdependency series, depicting a far-future human empire facing the imminent collapse of its faster-than-light travel network.
-
A.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
-
B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
-
C.
Fallen Empires
Fallen Empires is a studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol that showcases a more expansive, electronic-influenced sound compared to their earlier work.
-
D.
Imperial Earth
Imperial Earth is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores human colonization of the Solar System and the personal journey of a man from Titan visiting an overpopulated Earth.
-
E.
The New Empire
The New Empire is a 1902 historical and economic treatise by American historian Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise of commercial and imperial power in the United States and the broader Western 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_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.