Triple

T1116750
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Learning representations by back-propagating errors E11117 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object David E. Rumelhart
David E. Rumelhart was a pioneering cognitive psychologist and neural network researcher whose work on parallel distributed processing and backpropagation profoundly shaped modern cognitive science and machine learning.
E129028 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: David E. Rumelhart | Statement: [Learning representations by back-propagating errors, author, David E. Rumelhart]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David E. Rumelhart
Context triple: [Learning representations by back-propagating errors, author, David E. Rumelhart]
  • A. Geoffrey Hinton
    Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as one of the founding figures of deep learning and modern artificial intelligence.
  • B. Terrence Sejnowski
    Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.
  • C. Norman E. Thagard
    Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • D. Marvin Minsky
    Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive scientist and pioneering artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded MIT's AI Laboratory and made foundational contributions to the theory and philosophy of AI.
  • E. Patrick Winston
    Patrick Winston was an influential American computer scientist and MIT professor renowned for his contributions to artificial intelligence and AI education.
  • 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: David E. Rumelhart
Triple: [Learning representations by back-propagating errors, author, David E. Rumelhart]
Generated description
David E. Rumelhart was a pioneering cognitive psychologist and neural network researcher whose work on parallel distributed processing and backpropagation profoundly shaped modern cognitive science and machine learning.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David E. Rumelhart
Target entity description: David E. Rumelhart was a pioneering cognitive psychologist and neural network researcher whose work on parallel distributed processing and backpropagation profoundly shaped modern cognitive science and machine learning.
  • A. Geoffrey Hinton
    Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as one of the founding figures of deep learning and modern artificial intelligence.
  • B. Terrence Sejnowski
    Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering computational neuroscientist and machine learning researcher known for foundational contributions to neural networks and learning algorithms.
  • C. Norman E. Thagard
    Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • D. Marvin Minsky
    Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive scientist and pioneering artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded MIT's AI Laboratory and made foundational contributions to the theory and philosophy of AI.
  • E. Patrick Winston
    Patrick Winston was an influential American computer scientist and MIT professor renowned for his contributions to artificial intelligence and AI education.
  • 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bba2b550819081f8a100638d2fba completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac53999b3c8190aff1cf84a3c16909 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac554aec048190821801070d1a4852 completed March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac55afd8c88190b0f2bbafc33ad8b7 completed March 7, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.