Triple

T13522853
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Last Lecture E322942 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch was an American computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University best known for his inspirational "Last Lecture" on achieving childhood dreams, delivered after his terminal cancer diagnosis.
E1044781 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: Randy Pausch | Statement: [The Last Lecture, coAuthor, Randy Pausch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Pausch
Context triple: [The Last Lecture, coAuthor, Randy Pausch]
  • A. Paul Keller
    Paul Keller is an American local government official who serves as the mayor of Fairborn, Ohio.
  • B. Stephen Engel
    Stephen Engel is a television writer and producer best known for his work on various American sitcoms and family-oriented series.
  • C. Philip W. Goetz
    Philip W. Goetz is an American editor best known for serving as the chief editor of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  • D. David Weinberg
    David Weinberg is a name shared by multiple notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, academia, and the arts.
  • E. Stephen Kessler
    Stephen Kessler is an American film and television director best known for his work on comedies, including the National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation.
  • 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: Randy Pausch
Triple: [The Last Lecture, coAuthor, Randy Pausch]
Generated description
Randy Pausch was an American computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University best known for his inspirational "Last Lecture" on achieving childhood dreams, delivered after his terminal cancer diagnosis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Pausch
Target entity description: Randy Pausch was an American computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University best known for his inspirational "Last Lecture" on achieving childhood dreams, delivered after his terminal cancer diagnosis.
  • A. Paul Keller
    Paul Keller is an American local government official who serves as the mayor of Fairborn, Ohio.
  • B. Stephen Engel
    Stephen Engel is a television writer and producer best known for his work on various American sitcoms and family-oriented series.
  • C. Philip W. Goetz
    Philip W. Goetz is an American editor best known for serving as the chief editor of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  • D. David Weinberg
    David Weinberg is a name shared by multiple notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, academia, and the arts.
  • E. Stephen Kessler
    Stephen Kessler is an American film and television director best known for his work on comedies, including the National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation.
  • 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafa535cc81908d0018fef81a2848 completed April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7549a215c8190a0b18c505d8ca504 completed May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f755e7ad2c81908cdd2405c3f28d8b completed May 3, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f756a24c248190867f2a3aa33bbac8 completed May 3, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.