Triple
T1271191
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) |
E15712
|
entity |
| Predicate | coDesigner |
P7870
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Steve Meretzky
Steve Meretzky is an American game designer best known for his influential and humorous text adventures at Infocom, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
|
E145716
|
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: Steve Meretzky | Statement: [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game), coDesigner, Steve Meretzky]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Meretzky Context triple: [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game), coDesigner, Steve Meretzky]
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A.
Simon Ramo
Simon Ramo was an American engineer, physicist, and business leader renowned as a pioneer of the aerospace and electronics industries and a key architect of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile program.
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B.
Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
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C.
Doug McHenry
Doug McHenry is an American film producer and director known for his work on popular African-American comedies and dramas.
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D.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
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E.
Alan Emtage
Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
- 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: Steve Meretzky Triple: [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game), coDesigner, Steve Meretzky]
Generated description
Steve Meretzky is an American game designer best known for his influential and humorous text adventures at Infocom, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Meretzky Target entity description: Steve Meretzky is an American game designer best known for his influential and humorous text adventures at Infocom, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
-
A.
Simon Ramo
Simon Ramo was an American engineer, physicist, and business leader renowned as a pioneer of the aerospace and electronics industries and a key architect of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile program.
-
B.
Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
-
C.
Doug McHenry
Doug McHenry is an American film producer and director known for his work on popular African-American comedies and dramas.
-
D.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
-
E.
Alan Emtage
Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
- 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c06ae7b88190a1e0b5232d84a7b1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aca2f49a98819083dacff7e76ad195 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aca38229108190b8cc2e0ef5bc8667 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aca40068f08190a49f9cbb5c78b471 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.