Triple

T1367946
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Adobe Photoshop E30045 entity
Predicate originalDeveloper P184 FINISHED
Object John Knoll
John Knoll is a visual effects supervisor and software developer best known as the co-creator of Adobe Photoshop and a longtime leader at Industrial Light & Magic.
 E155900 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 Knoll | Statement: [Adobe Photoshop, originalDeveloper, John Knoll]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Knoll
Context triple: [Adobe Photoshop, originalDeveloper, John Knoll]
  • A. Edwin Catmull
    Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
  • B. John Dykstra
    John Dykstra is a pioneering visual effects artist and supervisor renowned for his groundbreaking work on films like "Star Wars" and "Spider-Man," which helped revolutionize modern cinematic special effects.
  • C. Phil Tippett
    Phil Tippett is an acclaimed American visual effects supervisor and stop-motion animator renowned for his groundbreaking creature and character work on films such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.
  • D. Dennis Muren
    Dennis Muren is a pioneering visual effects artist and supervisor, best known for his groundbreaking work on films like Star Wars, E.T., and Jurassic Park, and for holding a record number of Oscars in visual effects.
  • E. Richard Edlund
    Richard Edlund is an acclaimed American visual effects artist and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking work on films such as the original Star Wars trilogy and Ghostbusters.
  • 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 Knoll
Triple: [Adobe Photoshop, originalDeveloper, John Knoll]
Generated description
John Knoll is a visual effects supervisor and software developer best known as the co-creator of Adobe Photoshop and a longtime leader at Industrial Light & Magic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Knoll
Target entity description: John Knoll is a visual effects supervisor and software developer best known as the co-creator of Adobe Photoshop and a longtime leader at Industrial Light & Magic.
  • A. Edwin Catmull
    Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
  • B. John Dykstra
    John Dykstra is a pioneering visual effects artist and supervisor renowned for his groundbreaking work on films like "Star Wars" and "Spider-Man," which helped revolutionize modern cinematic special effects.
  • C. Phil Tippett
    Phil Tippett is an acclaimed American visual effects supervisor and stop-motion animator renowned for his groundbreaking creature and character work on films such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.
  • D. Dennis Muren
    Dennis Muren is a pioneering visual effects artist and supervisor, best known for his groundbreaking work on films like Star Wars, E.T., and Jurassic Park, and for holding a record number of Oscars in visual effects.
  • E. Richard Edlund
    Richard Edlund is an acclaimed American visual effects artist and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking work on films such as the original Star Wars trilogy and Ghostbusters.
  • 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_69a498f912008190a376a98b207b2071 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2d497f88190993d16a208ced43d completed March 1, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce788098819087a046e10966b7e9 completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69accf15d910819098e9a4b24247881b completed March 8, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69accffa9a40819083a3e55a5d83e040 completed March 8, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.