Triple

T1565500
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Pragmatic Programmer E33423 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object David Thomas
David Thomas is a software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential programming book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
E180264 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: David Thomas | Statement: [The Pragmatic Programmer, author, David Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thomas
Context triple: [The Pragmatic Programmer, author, David Thomas]
  • A. Benjamin Dreyfuss
    Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
  • B. David Hennings
    David Hennings is a film cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and other feature films, including "Horrible Bosses."
  • C. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • D. Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
  • E. Timothy Black
    Timothy Black is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the given information.
  • 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: David Thomas
Triple: [The Pragmatic Programmer, author, David Thomas]
Generated description
David Thomas is a software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential programming book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thomas
Target entity description: David Thomas is a software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential programming book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
  • A. Benjamin Dreyfuss
    Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
  • B. David Hennings
    David Hennings is a film cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and other feature films, including "Horrible Bosses."
  • C. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • D. Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
  • E. Timothy Black
    Timothy Black is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the given information.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa621242188190a7e1deeada7688d8 completed March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad4691cf5081909768f619b7a8a940 completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad470069f08190b886041d1a1c7707 completed March 8, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad475d9528819086546aae6db74e19 completed March 8, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.