Triple
T14264958
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bob Metcalfe |
E353620
|
entity |
| Predicate | developed |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Metcalfe's law
Metcalfe's law is a principle of network theory stating that the value of a network grows proportionally to the square of the number of its connected users or nodes.
|
E1090011
|
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: Metcalfe's law | Statement: [Bob Metcalfe, developed, Metcalfe's law]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metcalfe's law Context triple: [Bob Metcalfe, developed, Metcalfe's law]
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A.
Wirth’s law
Wirth’s law is the observation that software tends to become slower more quickly than hardware becomes faster, often negating the benefits of improved computing performance.
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B.
Koomey's law
Koomey's law is an empirical observation that the energy efficiency of computing—measured as computations per unit of energy—has historically doubled roughly every 1.5 years.
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C.
Zipf's law
Zipf's law is an empirical statistical principle observing that in many datasets, such as word frequencies in natural language, the frequency of an item is inversely proportional to its rank in a frequency table.
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D.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
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E.
Linus’s Law
Linus’s Law is the open-source software development principle that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” emphasizing the power of many reviewers to quickly find and fix defects.
- 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: Metcalfe's law Triple: [Bob Metcalfe, developed, Metcalfe's law]
Generated description
Metcalfe's law is a principle of network theory stating that the value of a network grows proportionally to the square of the number of its connected users or nodes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metcalfe's law Target entity description: Metcalfe's law is a principle of network theory stating that the value of a network grows proportionally to the square of the number of its connected users or nodes.
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A.
Wirth’s law
Wirth’s law is the observation that software tends to become slower more quickly than hardware becomes faster, often negating the benefits of improved computing performance.
-
B.
Koomey's law
Koomey's law is an empirical observation that the energy efficiency of computing—measured as computations per unit of energy—has historically doubled roughly every 1.5 years.
-
C.
Zipf's law
Zipf's law is an empirical statistical principle observing that in many datasets, such as word frequencies in natural language, the frequency of an item is inversely proportional to its rank in a frequency table.
-
D.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
-
E.
Linus’s Law
Linus’s Law is the open-source software development principle that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” emphasizing the power of many reviewers to quickly find and fix defects.
- 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_69d8278c43e08190824146f4632b89a5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de6357a8188190ba518a486521052b |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd326367348190b4b31b32f4ca5639 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd335a496881908689b5769bb677ae |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd3445422c8190a22eaa4bef5fdf76 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:54 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:09 a.m.