Triple

T11823799
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lister E281205 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Timothy Lister
Timothy Lister is a software engineer and consultant best known as the co-author of the influential book "Peopleware," which focuses on the human and organizational aspects of software development.
 E948407 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Timothy Lister | Statement: [Lister, hasNotableBearer, Timothy Lister]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Timothy Lister
Context triple: [Lister, hasNotableBearer, Timothy Lister]
  • A. Timothy Alden
    Timothy Alden was an early 19th-century American educator and clergyman best known for establishing Allegheny College in Pennsylvania.
  • B. Timothy Arthur
    Timothy Arthur, often known as T. S. Arthur, was a 19th-century American author and temperance advocate best known for his moralistic tales such as "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There."
  • C. Tim Sutherland
    Tim Sutherland is a notable individual who shares the Sutherland surname and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the name.
  • D. Timothy Shelley
    Timothy Shelley was an English baronet and Member of Parliament best known as the father of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
  • E. Timothy Christian Riley
    Timothy Christian Riley is an American drummer, keyboardist, and producer best known as a member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Timothy Lister
Target entity description: Timothy Lister is a software engineer and consultant best known as the co-author of the influential book "Peopleware," which focuses on the human and organizational aspects of software development.
  • A. Timothy Alden
    Timothy Alden was an early 19th-century American educator and clergyman best known for establishing Allegheny College in Pennsylvania.
  • B. Timothy Arthur
    Timothy Arthur, often known as T. S. Arthur, was a 19th-century American author and temperance advocate best known for his moralistic tales such as "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There."
  • C. Tim Sutherland
    Tim Sutherland is a notable individual who shares the Sutherland surname and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the name.
  • D. Timothy Shelley
    Timothy Shelley was an English baronet and Member of Parliament best known as the father of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
  • E. Timothy Christian Riley
    Timothy Christian Riley is an American drummer, keyboardist, and producer best known as a member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Timothy Lister
Triple: [Lister, hasNotableBearer, Timothy Lister]
Generated description
Timothy Lister is a software engineer and consultant best known as the co-author of the influential book "Peopleware," which focuses on the human and organizational aspects of software development.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac elicitation completed
NER batch_69d8a5e9c50481909b2287a0b23d2094 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f131f4e2ec8190a78c101e17eaa5c0 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.