Triple
T1448189
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dennis Ritchie |
E31222
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie |
E31222
|
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: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie | Statement: [Dennis Ritchie, fullName, Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie Context triple: [Dennis Ritchie, fullName, Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie]
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A.
Dennis Ritchie
chosen
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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B.
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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C.
Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the C programming language and Unix tools, and as co-author of the classic book "The C Programming Language."
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D.
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.
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E.
Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll is an American software engineer and co-creator of Adobe Photoshop, whose early image-editing program evolved into the industry-standard digital imaging software.
- 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_69a499171a28819085b993a3ac78e363 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c55aa7dc8190aa7452d80ec8305e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad15a0adb0819096c560e8aa317016 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.