Triple

T1311612
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Kailath E28003 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John Wozencraft
John Wozencraft was an influential American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and communication systems.
E151534 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: John Wozencraft | Statement: [Thomas Kailath, doctoralAdvisor, John Wozencraft]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wozencraft
Context triple: [Thomas Kailath, doctoralAdvisor, John Wozencraft]
  • A. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • B. Steve Wozniak
    Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer and programmer best known as the co-founder and technical mastermind behind the early Apple computers that helped launch the personal computing revolution.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Gage
    John Gage is a name shared by several notable figures, including historical politicians, diplomats, and fictional characters in film and television.
  • E. Andy Bechtolsheim
    Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
  • 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: John Wozencraft
Triple: [Thomas Kailath, doctoralAdvisor, John Wozencraft]
Generated description
John Wozencraft was an influential American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and communication systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wozencraft
Target entity description: John Wozencraft was an influential American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and communication systems.
  • A. John Simon Ritchie
    John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
  • B. Steve Wozniak
    Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer and programmer best known as the co-founder and technical mastermind behind the early Apple computers that helped launch the personal computing revolution.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Gage
    John Gage is a name shared by several notable figures, including historical politicians, diplomats, and fictional characters in film and television.
  • E. Andy Bechtolsheim
    Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
  • 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_69a498532c3481909223b74af2e578df completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1560f888190bdd9107b08395e0b completed March 1, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf2964048190950723487c7cf707 completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbfc03f20819089a025fc745c9203 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc0282080819087676813c2852a96 completed March 8, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.