Triple
T15989159
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Huffman |
E387777
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David A. Huffman
David A. Huffman was an American computer scientist best known for inventing Huffman coding, a fundamental lossless data compression algorithm.
|
E1187484
|
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 A. Huffman | Statement: [Huffman, hasNotableBearer, David A. Huffman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Huffman Context triple: [Huffman, hasNotableBearer, David A. Huffman]
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A.
David Huffman
David Huffman was an American film and television actor known for roles in projects such as the Vietnam War drama "A Rumor of War" before his career was cut short by his tragic death in 1985.
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B.
Robert M. Fano
Robert M. Fano was an influential Italian-American computer scientist and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and for co-developing Shannon–Fano coding.
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C.
Richard W. Hamming
Richard W. Hamming was an influential American mathematician and computer scientist best known for pioneering work in error-correcting codes and numerical methods.
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D.
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.
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E.
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.
- 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 A. Huffman Triple: [Huffman, hasNotableBearer, David A. Huffman]
Generated description
David A. Huffman was an American computer scientist best known for inventing Huffman coding, a fundamental lossless data compression algorithm.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David A. Huffman Target entity description: David A. Huffman was an American computer scientist best known for inventing Huffman coding, a fundamental lossless data compression algorithm.
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A.
David Huffman
David Huffman was an American film and television actor known for roles in projects such as the Vietnam War drama "A Rumor of War" before his career was cut short by his tragic death in 1985.
-
B.
Robert M. Fano
Robert M. Fano was an influential Italian-American computer scientist and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and for co-developing Shannon–Fano coding.
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C.
Richard W. Hamming
Richard W. Hamming was an influential American mathematician and computer scientist best known for pioneering work in error-correcting codes and numerical methods.
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D.
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e157829ec08190aa4a683e29a0148a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffc3d2369081909efa2d4addf0cf2d |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffc45e6ff48190bb7b82adb4161ad0 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffc4cea4108190927b107fc24df597 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.