Triple

T1631438
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject RFC 821 E35264 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Jonathan B. Postel
Jonathan B. Postel was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational role in developing and administering core Internet protocols and standards.
E184115 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: Jonathan B. Postel | Statement: [RFC 821, author, Jonathan B. Postel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jonathan B. Postel
Context triple: [RFC 821, author, Jonathan B. Postel]
  • A. Steve Crocker
    Steve Crocker is an American computer scientist best known for initiating and authoring the first Request for Comments (RFC) documents that shaped the early Internet’s protocols and standards.
  • B. Vinton Cerf
    Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist widely regarded as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his co-design of the TCP/IP protocols and fundamental contributions to internet architecture.
  • C. Paul Mockapetris
    Paul Mockapetris is an American computer scientist best known as the inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS), a foundational technology of the modern internet.
  • D. John Gilmore
    John Gilmore is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and civil liberties advocate best known as a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and an early pioneer in the free software and open internet movements.
  • E. Robert Kahn
    Robert Kahn is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist best known as a co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols that form the foundation of the modern Internet.
  • 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: Jonathan B. Postel
Triple: [RFC 821, author, Jonathan B. Postel]
Generated description
Jonathan B. Postel was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational role in developing and administering core Internet protocols and standards.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jonathan B. Postel
Target entity description: Jonathan B. Postel was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational role in developing and administering core Internet protocols and standards.
  • A. Steve Crocker
    Steve Crocker is an American computer scientist best known for initiating and authoring the first Request for Comments (RFC) documents that shaped the early Internet’s protocols and standards.
  • B. Vinton Cerf
    Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist widely regarded as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his co-design of the TCP/IP protocols and fundamental contributions to internet architecture.
  • C. Paul Mockapetris
    Paul Mockapetris is an American computer scientist best known as the inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS), a foundational technology of the modern internet.
  • D. John Gilmore
    John Gilmore is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and civil liberties advocate best known as a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and an early pioneer in the free software and open internet movements.
  • E. Robert Kahn
    Robert Kahn is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist best known as a co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols that form the foundation of the modern Internet.
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a909f5ae98819091ce5e00eb4256a2 completed March 5, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad58d79bc88190bfc62f53dd8e8b90 completed March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad5a8083008190b46812bd3ebb27c9 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad5aef85a88190b86b8845f180b334 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.