Triple

T1520453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minimalist Program E32213 entity
Predicate hasNotableProponent P304 FINISHED
Object Norbert Hornstein
Norbert Hornstein is an American linguist and syntactician known for his influential work in generative grammar and his advocacy of minimalist approaches to linguistic theory.
E174230 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: Norbert Hornstein | Statement: [Minimalist Program, hasNotableProponent, Norbert Hornstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norbert Hornstein
Context triple: [Minimalist Program, hasNotableProponent, Norbert Hornstein]
  • A. Richard Ben-Veniste
    Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former Watergate prosecutor who served as a Democratic member of the 9/11 Commission.
  • B. David B. Cornstein
    David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
  • C. Zellig Harris
    Zellig Harris was an influential American linguist known for his pioneering work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis, and for mentoring Noam Chomsky.
  • D. Sanford Rothenberg
    Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
  • E. Norbert J. Schneider
    Norbert J. Schneider is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the 1993 war film "Stalingrad."
  • 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: Norbert Hornstein
Triple: [Minimalist Program, hasNotableProponent, Norbert Hornstein]
Generated description
Norbert Hornstein is an American linguist and syntactician known for his influential work in generative grammar and his advocacy of minimalist approaches to linguistic theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norbert Hornstein
Target entity description: Norbert Hornstein is an American linguist and syntactician known for his influential work in generative grammar and his advocacy of minimalist approaches to linguistic theory.
  • A. Richard Ben-Veniste
    Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former Watergate prosecutor who served as a Democratic member of the 9/11 Commission.
  • B. David B. Cornstein
    David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
  • C. Zellig Harris
    Zellig Harris was an influential American linguist known for his pioneering work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis, and for mentoring Noam Chomsky.
  • D. Sanford Rothenberg
    Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
  • E. Norbert J. Schneider
    Norbert J. Schneider is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the 1993 war film "Stalingrad."
  • 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_69a885e9b0ac819093a9806ad0efc82c completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a907f071848190a5fb8fa1b97ef4de completed March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad294d01c48190bb2f49ad4f1b0a1a completed March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad2a275938819090db4d9ac7274a4d completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2a9e50888190bab83785f11135ea completed March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.