Triple

T10158541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Usenet E233830 entity
Predicate hasCreator P806 FINISHED
Object Tom Truscott
Tom Truscott is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of Usenet, one of the earliest and most influential distributed discussion systems on the internet.
E845110 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: Tom Truscott | Statement: [Usenet, hasCreator, Tom Truscott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Truscott
Context triple: [Usenet, hasCreator, Tom Truscott]
  • A. Philip Dimmitt
    Philip Dimmitt was a Texian military and political leader during the Texas Revolution, noted for his prominent role in early revolutionary activities and command responsibilities.
  • B. Tom Kilpatrick
    Tom Kilpatrick was a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1940 science fiction horror film "Dr. Cyclops."
  • C. Tom Buckley
    Tom Buckley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as journalism, sports, and politics.
  • D. Robert Magaw
    Robert Magaw was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his leadership and eventual surrender of American forces at Fort Washington in 1776.
  • E. Commander Bill Norton
    Commander Bill Norton is the fictional spacecraft commander who leads the exploratory mission to investigate the enigmatic alien starship in Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Rendezvous with Rama."
  • 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: Tom Truscott
Triple: [Usenet, hasCreator, Tom Truscott]
Generated description
Tom Truscott is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of Usenet, one of the earliest and most influential distributed discussion systems on the internet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Truscott
Target entity description: Tom Truscott is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of Usenet, one of the earliest and most influential distributed discussion systems on the internet.
  • A. Philip Dimmitt
    Philip Dimmitt was a Texian military and political leader during the Texas Revolution, noted for his prominent role in early revolutionary activities and command responsibilities.
  • B. Tom Kilpatrick
    Tom Kilpatrick was a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1940 science fiction horror film "Dr. Cyclops."
  • C. Tom Buckley
    Tom Buckley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as journalism, sports, and politics.
  • D. Robert Magaw
    Robert Magaw was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his leadership and eventual surrender of American forces at Fort Washington in 1776.
  • E. Commander Bill Norton
    Commander Bill Norton is the fictional spacecraft commander who leads the exploratory mission to investigate the enigmatic alien starship in Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Rendezvous with Rama."
  • 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_69ca848e80748190b91d1e04d35512c7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdec5507f08190b47f797bacd5640c completed April 2, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d300acae608190891d8f55c3d5102b completed April 6, 2026, 12:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d302537a548190b211727dd124cba6 completed April 6, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d3033245448190bcc802b7dbd274fc completed April 6, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:09 p.m.