Triple
T14327782
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us |
E355256
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ray Kurzweil |
E26127
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ray Kurzweil | Statement: [Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us, influencedBy, Ray Kurzweil]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Kurzweil Context triple: [Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us, influencedBy, Ray Kurzweil]
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A.
Ray Kurzweil
chosen
Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor, futurist, and author known for his pioneering work in fields such as optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and artificial intelligence, as well as his predictions about technological singularity.
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B.
Max Kurzweil
Max Kurzweil was an Austrian painter and printmaker associated with the Vienna Secession movement, known for his symbolist and impressionist-influenced works.
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C.
Irving Kurzweil
Irving Kurzweil was an American college student and organizer best known as the founder of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
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D.
Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
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E.
Bill Joy
Bill Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key developer of the Unix-based BSD operating system and the vi text editor.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8c1c3e70819084b6728ac5c18561 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd46927af48190b91095d852fcacbe |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.