Triple
T15667097
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Don Towsley |
E377213
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAcademicAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert B. Cooper
Robert B. Cooper was a prominent computer scientist and academic known for his influential work in queueing theory and performance evaluation of computer systems.
|
E1170222
|
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: Robert B. Cooper | Statement: [Don Towsley, hasAcademicAdvisor, Robert B. Cooper]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Cooper Context triple: [Don Towsley, hasAcademicAdvisor, Robert B. Cooper]
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A.
Robert C. Cooper
Robert C. Cooper is a Canadian writer, producer, and director best known for his major creative and executive roles in the Stargate science fiction television franchise.
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B.
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. congressman, senator, and Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
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C.
Thomas W. Knox
Thomas W. Knox was a 19th-century American journalist and author known for his Civil War reporting and popular travel and adventure books.
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D.
Tom Fitton
Tom Fitton is an American conservative activist and commentator best known as the longtime president of the watchdog organization Judicial Watch.
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E.
Robert Crittenden
Robert Crittenden was an early 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as the first secretary and de facto governor of the Arkansas Territory.
- 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: Robert B. Cooper Triple: [Don Towsley, hasAcademicAdvisor, Robert B. Cooper]
Generated description
Robert B. Cooper was a prominent computer scientist and academic known for his influential work in queueing theory and performance evaluation of computer systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Cooper Target entity description: Robert B. Cooper was a prominent computer scientist and academic known for his influential work in queueing theory and performance evaluation of computer systems.
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A.
Robert C. Cooper
Robert C. Cooper is a Canadian writer, producer, and director best known for his major creative and executive roles in the Stargate science fiction television franchise.
-
B.
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. congressman, senator, and Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
-
C.
Thomas W. Knox
Thomas W. Knox was a 19th-century American journalist and author known for his Civil War reporting and popular travel and adventure books.
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D.
Tom Fitton
Tom Fitton is an American conservative activist and commentator best known as the longtime president of the watchdog organization Judicial Watch.
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E.
Robert Crittenden
Robert Crittenden was an early 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as the first secretary and de facto governor of the Arkansas Territory.
- 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_69d85cd2e28481909d4e975bee20872f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04f1151548190a14607e762686cb1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff67a22888819092ea521bbad7bcb7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff68fd16b88190a78772bcd0302189 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff6943d47881908c1634b43a6d6b96 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:16 a.m.