Triple

T10672747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rethink Robotics E251535 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Ann Whittaker
Ann Whittaker is an entrepreneur known for co-founding the robotics company Rethink Robotics, which developed collaborative industrial robots.
E939764 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: Ann Whittaker | Statement: [Rethink Robotics, foundedBy, Ann Whittaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Whittaker
Context triple: [Rethink Robotics, foundedBy, Ann Whittaker]
  • A. Margaret Wilson
    Margaret Wilson was a young Scottish Covenanter martyr famously executed by drowning in 1685 for refusing to renounce her Presbyterian faith during the period known as the Killing Times.
  • B. Margaret Tucker
    Margaret Tucker was an Aboriginal Australian activist and one of the country’s first female Indigenous authors, known for her pioneering work in civil rights and welfare for Aboriginal people.
  • C. Nancy Blackett
    Nancy Blackett is a bold, imaginative young sailor and the spirited leader of the Amazon pirates in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series.
  • D. Ann Wedgeworth
    Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress best known for her Tony Award-winning stage work and memorable roles in films and television series such as "Three's Company."
  • E. Deborah Whiting
    Deborah Whiting is the daughter of American traditional pop singer Margaret Whiting.
  • 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: Ann Whittaker
Triple: [Rethink Robotics, foundedBy, Ann Whittaker]
Generated description
Ann Whittaker is an entrepreneur known for co-founding the robotics company Rethink Robotics, which developed collaborative industrial robots.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Whittaker
Target entity description: Ann Whittaker is an entrepreneur known for co-founding the robotics company Rethink Robotics, which developed collaborative industrial robots.
  • A. Margaret Wilson
    Margaret Wilson was a young Scottish Covenanter martyr famously executed by drowning in 1685 for refusing to renounce her Presbyterian faith during the period known as the Killing Times.
  • B. Margaret Tucker
    Margaret Tucker was an Aboriginal Australian activist and one of the country’s first female Indigenous authors, known for her pioneering work in civil rights and welfare for Aboriginal people.
  • C. Nancy Blackett
    Nancy Blackett is a bold, imaginative young sailor and the spirited leader of the Amazon pirates in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series.
  • D. Ann Wedgeworth
    Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress best known for her Tony Award-winning stage work and memorable roles in films and television series such as "Three's Company."
  • E. Deborah Whiting
    Deborah Whiting is the daughter of American traditional pop singer Margaret Whiting.
  • 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_69d6aa5b0d2881909584b20efc5877f0 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6f8659d40819087a2709bd24261ee completed April 9, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef1243b14081909d07ab0ebb32cc68 completed April 27, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef354b3b3c8190b1c91dbf9c705a7d completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef5170ce9881908f2ecf3d5ada809a completed April 27, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:09 p.m.