Triple

T1159482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject EFF Pioneer Award E24461 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Phil Zimmermann
Phil Zimmermann is an American cryptographer best known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a widely used email encryption software that helped popularize strong cryptography for the public.
E141432 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: Phil Zimmermann | Statement: [EFF Pioneer Award, notableRecipient, Phil Zimmermann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phil Zimmermann
Context triple: [EFF Pioneer Award, notableRecipient, Phil Zimmermann]
  • A. Jonathan Schwartz
    Jonathan Schwartz is a film producer best known for his work on acclaimed independent movies such as "Like Crazy."
  • B. Andy Hertzfeld
    Andy Hertzfeld is a pioneering software engineer best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh development team and a co-creator of the Mac’s graphical user interface.
  • C. Robert Griesemer
    Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
  • D. Joel McNeely
    Joel McNeely is an American composer and conductor best known for his work on film and television scores, including numerous projects for Disney and other major studios.
  • E. Robert Sproull
    Robert Sproull is an American computer scientist and technology executive best known for his leadership role at Sun Microsystems and his contributions to computer graphics and systems research.
  • 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: Phil Zimmermann
Triple: [EFF Pioneer Award, notableRecipient, Phil Zimmermann]
Generated description
Phil Zimmermann is an American cryptographer best known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a widely used email encryption software that helped popularize strong cryptography for the public.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phil Zimmermann
Target entity description: Phil Zimmermann is an American cryptographer best known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a widely used email encryption software that helped popularize strong cryptography for the public.
  • A. Jonathan Schwartz
    Jonathan Schwartz is a film producer best known for his work on acclaimed independent movies such as "Like Crazy."
  • B. Andy Hertzfeld
    Andy Hertzfeld is a pioneering software engineer best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh development team and a co-creator of the Mac’s graphical user interface.
  • C. Robert Griesemer
    Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
  • D. Joel McNeely
    Joel McNeely is an American composer and conductor best known for his work on film and television scores, including numerous projects for Disney and other major studios.
  • E. Robert Sproull
    Robert Sproull is an American computer scientist and technology executive best known for his leadership role at Sun Microsystems and his contributions to computer graphics and systems research.
  • 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_69a494060e148190abb42f971242c197 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bcad47a08190895769611798f67f completed March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a03f6a0819082cd0e0ea74bb5da completed March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8a7df71c819097c344553d101bca completed March 7, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8ad15e7c8190b596ee5f4b9d0469 completed March 7, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.