Triple

T13787226
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WTTG E331293 entity
Predicate callsignMeaning P15135 FINISHED
Object Thomas T. Goldsmith
Thomas T. Goldsmith was an American physicist, television pioneer, and co-inventor of one of the earliest known video games.
 E1062399 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: Thomas T. Goldsmith | Statement: [WTTG, callsignMeaning, Thomas T. Goldsmith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas T. Goldsmith
Context triple: [WTTG, callsignMeaning, Thomas T. Goldsmith]
  • A. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • B. John J. Pierce
    John J. Pierce is an American science fiction editor and critic known for his influential work in genre magazines and scholarship.
  • C. Charles Stark Draper
    Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
  • D. John R. Whitney
    John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
  • E. Joseph P. Allen
    Joseph P. Allen is a former NASA astronaut and physicist best known for his Space Shuttle missions, during which he helped pioneer untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
  • 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: Thomas T. Goldsmith
Triple: [WTTG, callsignMeaning, Thomas T. Goldsmith]
Generated description
Thomas T. Goldsmith was an American physicist, television pioneer, and co-inventor of one of the earliest known video games.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas T. Goldsmith
Target entity description: Thomas T. Goldsmith was an American physicist, television pioneer, and co-inventor of one of the earliest known video games.
  • A. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • B. John J. Pierce
    John J. Pierce is an American science fiction editor and critic known for his influential work in genre magazines and scholarship.
  • C. Charles Stark Draper
    Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
  • D. John R. Whitney
    John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
  • E. Joseph P. Allen
    Joseph P. Allen is a former NASA astronaut and physicist best known for his Space Shuttle missions, during which he helped pioneer untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
  • 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_69d81c58feb08190a77bca8bf7d6d20f completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0249e4f88190a80316394940627d completed April 14, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b07d872c81908f912263d8f7c80d completed May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b230fb448190bc16a1d8732ff76f completed May 3, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7b2c55e188190b0ea8fa400ff2dfc completed May 3, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.