Triple

T1386192
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter J. Denning E29850 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Fernando J. Corbató
Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
E162605 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: Fernando J. Corbató | Statement: [Peter J. Denning, doctoralAdvisor, Fernando J. Corbató]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fernando J. Corbató
Context triple: [Peter J. Denning, doctoralAdvisor, Fernando J. Corbató]
  • A. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • B. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Backus
    John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
  • E. Ivan Sutherland
    Ivan Sutherland is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics" for his groundbreaking work on interactive graphics systems and virtual reality.
  • 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: Fernando J. Corbató
Triple: [Peter J. Denning, doctoralAdvisor, Fernando J. Corbató]
Generated description
Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fernando J. Corbató
Target entity description: Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
  • A. J. C. R. Licklider
    J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
  • B. Alan Perlis
    Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Backus
    John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
  • E. Ivan Sutherland
    Ivan Sutherland is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics" for his groundbreaking work on interactive graphics systems and virtual reality.
  • 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_69a498dc92f8819094a1108f8ac90f43 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c339f3d481909c04b14129899945 completed March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ace56bf6c48190839a9d01c935e4bf completed March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace5fb515081908acadef0303b8f6e completed March 8, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace9ba4b3481908d03636d8f72d04c completed March 8, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.