Triple

T11079124
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Homebrew Computer Club E261940 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Tom Pittman
Tom Pittman is an early personal computing pioneer and programmer known for his involvement in the Homebrew Computer Club and contributions to microcomputer software and education.
E916658 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 Pittman | Statement: [Homebrew Computer Club, member, Tom Pittman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Pittman
Context triple: [Homebrew Computer Club, member, Tom Pittman]
  • A. Brian Pittman
    Brian Pittman is an American musician best known as the original bassist for the Christian rock band Relient K.
  • B. Johnny Mantz
    Johnny Mantz was an American stock car racer best known for winning the first-ever Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950.
  • C. Rex Pickett
    Rex Pickett is an American novelist and screenwriter best known as the author of the wine-country novel "Sideways," which was adapted into the acclaimed 2004 film.
  • D. Karl Pitterson
    Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and audio engineer best known for his work on classic reggae and dub recordings in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Jack Pennick
    Jack Pennick was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in John Ford films, often portraying rugged military or frontier figures.
  • 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 Pittman
Triple: [Homebrew Computer Club, member, Tom Pittman]
Generated description
Tom Pittman is an early personal computing pioneer and programmer known for his involvement in the Homebrew Computer Club and contributions to microcomputer software and education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Pittman
Target entity description: Tom Pittman is an early personal computing pioneer and programmer known for his involvement in the Homebrew Computer Club and contributions to microcomputer software and education.
  • A. Brian Pittman
    Brian Pittman is an American musician best known as the original bassist for the Christian rock band Relient K.
  • B. Johnny Mantz
    Johnny Mantz was an American stock car racer best known for winning the first-ever Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950.
  • C. Rex Pickett
    Rex Pickett is an American novelist and screenwriter best known as the author of the wine-country novel "Sideways," which was adapted into the acclaimed 2004 film.
  • D. Karl Pitterson
    Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and audio engineer best known for his work on classic reggae and dub recordings in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Jack Pennick
    Jack Pennick was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in John Ford films, often portraying rugged military or frontier figures.
  • 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_69d6aa9983c08190b0ef61603b69feac completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7999603948190934bca3a9151d726 completed April 9, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e509b8c348819090f118fc69e3441f completed April 19, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e510f7bec08190989118b6e4a7fa49 completed April 19, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5168c8da0819093bf61d8ea5f9e35 completed April 19, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.