Triple

T1163216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lakeside School E24538 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object James Whittaker (software engineer)
James Whittaker is an American software engineer and author known for his influential work in software testing and engineering leadership at companies like Microsoft and Google.
E133493 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: James Whittaker (software engineer) | Statement: [Lakeside School, hasAlumnus, James Whittaker (software engineer)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Whittaker (software engineer)
Context triple: [Lakeside School, hasAlumnus, James Whittaker (software engineer)]
  • A. James Cutler
    James Cutler is an architect best known for designing the Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • D. Andrew G. Myers
    Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
  • E. Ted Wheeler
    Ted Wheeler is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the mayor of Portland, Oregon, overseeing the city through periods of significant protest and policy debate.
  • 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: James Whittaker (software engineer)
Triple: [Lakeside School, hasAlumnus, James Whittaker (software engineer)]
Generated description
James Whittaker is an American software engineer and author known for his influential work in software testing and engineering leadership at companies like Microsoft and Google.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Whittaker (software engineer)
Target entity description: James Whittaker is an American software engineer and author known for his influential work in software testing and engineering leadership at companies like Microsoft and Google.
  • A. James Cutler
    James Cutler is an architect best known for designing the Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • D. Andrew G. Myers
    Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
  • E. Ted Wheeler
    Ted Wheeler is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the mayor of Portland, Oregon, overseeing the city through periods of significant protest and policy debate.
  • 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_69a4bcc9dc5081908e225a485186ab12 completed March 1, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac66803e0881908d2eea76dad028fa completed March 7, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac670b57808190bee4aa0be78ae8a1 completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac67e981e88190b10ad4ab72337557 completed March 7, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.