Triple
T15157277
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles P. Thacker |
E362109
|
entity |
| Predicate | collaboratedWith |
P435
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ed McCreight |
E427688
|
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: Ed McCreight | Statement: [Charles P. Thacker, collaboratedWith, Ed McCreight]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McCreight Context triple: [Charles P. Thacker, collaboratedWith, Ed McCreight]
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A.
Edward M. McCreight
chosen
Edward M. McCreight is a computer scientist best known for co-inventing the B-tree data structure, a foundational concept in database and file system design.
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B.
Bernard A. Galler
Bernard A. Galler was an American computer scientist known for his contributions to programming languages and software systems, as well as his leadership roles in professional computing organizations.
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C.
Robert W Floyd
Robert W. Floyd was an influential American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate known for his pioneering work in algorithms, formal verification, and programming language semantics.
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D.
Jon Bentley
Jon Bentley is a computer scientist and author best known for his influential "Programming Pearls" columns and books on programming techniques and problem solving.
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E.
Alfred V. Aho
Alfred V. Aho is a Canadian computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and compiler design, and as a co-creator of the AWK programming language.
- 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0060c62b08190bcdbd912d011d1ba |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69febff87b6c819097f5cc99b2d75fb6 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.