Triple

T11016864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Duff E260386 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Duff's device
Duff's device is a loop-unrolling technique in the C programming language that exploits switch-case fall-through to optimize data copying, famously demonstrating an unusual and clever use of C's control structures.
E900227 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: Duff's device | Statement: [Tom Duff, knownFor, Duff's device]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duff's device
Context triple: [Tom Duff, knownFor, Duff's device]
  • A. Marzullo's algorithm
    Marzullo's algorithm is a method for selecting the most likely correct time interval from multiple, possibly conflicting time sources, commonly used in clock synchronization systems.
  • B. M4 macro processor
    The M4 macro processor is a general-purpose macro processing language and tool commonly used in Unix-like systems for generating and transforming text, especially in build and configuration workflows.
  • C. SIMD within a register (SWAR)
    SIMD within a register (SWAR) is a technique that exploits standard CPU registers and instructions to perform parallel operations on multiple smaller data elements packed into a single register, enabling data-level parallelism without dedicated vector hardware.
  • D. Cooley–Tukey Fast Fourier Transform algorithm
    The Cooley–Tukey Fast Fourier Transform algorithm is a widely used, efficient method for computing the discrete Fourier transform that revolutionized digital signal processing and numerical analysis.
  • E. Eiffel programming language
    Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer that emphasizes software correctness through features like Design by Contract and strong support for modular, reusable code.
  • 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: Duff's device
Triple: [Tom Duff, knownFor, Duff's device]
Generated description
Duff's device is a loop-unrolling technique in the C programming language that exploits switch-case fall-through to optimize data copying, famously demonstrating an unusual and clever use of C's control structures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duff's device
Target entity description: Duff's device is a loop-unrolling technique in the C programming language that exploits switch-case fall-through to optimize data copying, famously demonstrating an unusual and clever use of C's control structures.
  • A. Marzullo's algorithm
    Marzullo's algorithm is a method for selecting the most likely correct time interval from multiple, possibly conflicting time sources, commonly used in clock synchronization systems.
  • B. M4 macro processor
    The M4 macro processor is a general-purpose macro processing language and tool commonly used in Unix-like systems for generating and transforming text, especially in build and configuration workflows.
  • C. SIMD within a register (SWAR)
    SIMD within a register (SWAR) is a technique that exploits standard CPU registers and instructions to perform parallel operations on multiple smaller data elements packed into a single register, enabling data-level parallelism without dedicated vector hardware.
  • D. Cooley–Tukey Fast Fourier Transform algorithm
    The Cooley–Tukey Fast Fourier Transform algorithm is a widely used, efficient method for computing the discrete Fourier transform that revolutionized digital signal processing and numerical analysis.
  • E. Eiffel programming language
    Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer that emphasizes software correctness through features like Design by Contract and strong support for modular, reusable code.
  • 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_69d6aa9687448190b28d353b1b6a610e completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d797a682908190b061d1995e2866b6 completed April 9, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e374d371ec8190aba9e77346c6e876 completed April 18, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e37ab6ca788190ac41f9494ad9a47f completed April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e37c9439fc8190a69cfb1a13da4c19 completed April 18, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.