Triple

T13802329
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Civilization franchise E331669 entity
Predicate notableDesigner P184 FINISHED
Object Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds is an American video game designer best known for his work on influential strategy titles such as Sid Meier’s Civilization II and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
E1063095 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: Brian Reynolds | Statement: [Civilization franchise, notableDesigner, Brian Reynolds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Reynolds
Context triple: [Civilization franchise, notableDesigner, Brian Reynolds]
  • A. Brian Reynolds
    Brian Reynolds is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the enterprise software company Micro Focus.
  • B. Brian J. Reynolds
    Brian J. Reynolds is a cinematographer best known for his work on the crime film "Gang Related."
  • C. Warren Spector
    Warren Spector is an influential American video game designer and producer best known for pioneering immersive sim titles such as Deus Ex and System Shock.
  • D. Jay Johnston
    Jay Johnston is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on shows like Mr. Show with Bob and David and for voicing Jimmy Pesto Sr. on the animated series Bob’s Burgers.
  • E. Chris Metzen
    Chris Metzen is an American game designer, writer, and voice actor best known for shaping the lore and universes of Blizzard Entertainment franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.
  • 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: Brian Reynolds
Triple: [Civilization franchise, notableDesigner, Brian Reynolds]
Generated description
Brian Reynolds is an American video game designer best known for his work on influential strategy titles such as Sid Meier’s Civilization II and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Reynolds
Target entity description: Brian Reynolds is an American video game designer best known for his work on influential strategy titles such as Sid Meier’s Civilization II and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
  • A. Brian Reynolds
    Brian Reynolds is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the enterprise software company Micro Focus.
  • B. Brian J. Reynolds
    Brian J. Reynolds is a cinematographer best known for his work on the crime film "Gang Related."
  • C. Warren Spector
    Warren Spector is an influential American video game designer and producer best known for pioneering immersive sim titles such as Deus Ex and System Shock.
  • D. Jay Johnston
    Jay Johnston is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on shows like Mr. Show with Bob and David and for voicing Jimmy Pesto Sr. on the animated series Bob’s Burgers.
  • E. Chris Metzen
    Chris Metzen is an American game designer, writer, and voice actor best known for shaping the lore and universes of Blizzard Entertainment franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.
  • 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_69d81c59f8808190a851bc56afdc55e9 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de025ded6c8190851c108ae559a355 completed April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b8da594c81908cb878a8cc1b3a72 completed May 3, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7ba1afc048190a0053497acc64fb1 completed May 3, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7ba936c4481908757699ff22d3904 completed May 3, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:12 p.m.