Triple

T17275579
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Shaw E419382 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object David Garlan
David Garlan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in software architecture and formal modeling of software systems.
E1260746 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 Garlan | Statement: [Mary Shaw, coAuthor, David Garlan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Garlan
Context triple: [Mary Shaw, coAuthor, David Garlan]
  • A. Richard P. Gabriel
    Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
  • B. Leon J. Osterweil
    Leon J. Osterweil is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering, particularly in software process modeling and analysis.
  • C. James Rumbaugh
    James Rumbaugh is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as one of the original developers of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and a pioneer in object-oriented modeling.
  • D. Edward D. Lazowska
    Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
  • E. David Boehm
    David Boehm was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for contributing to several popular studio films of the 1930s.
  • 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 Garlan
Triple: [Mary Shaw, coAuthor, David Garlan]
Generated description
David Garlan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in software architecture and formal modeling of software systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Garlan
Target entity description: David Garlan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in software architecture and formal modeling of software systems.
  • A. Richard P. Gabriel
    Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
  • B. Leon J. Osterweil
    Leon J. Osterweil is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering, particularly in software process modeling and analysis.
  • C. James Rumbaugh
    James Rumbaugh is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as one of the original developers of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and a pioneer in object-oriented modeling.
  • D. Edward D. Lazowska
    Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
  • E. David Boehm
    David Boehm was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for contributing to several popular studio films of the 1930s.
  • 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_69d886da626481908a14ce7830329a35 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4332625c48190a25bf51543d797c3 completed April 19, 2026, 1:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01794f6cf481909d76e3d61f9888c5 completed May 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017b5abdc481909832a6e46d21b34b completed May 11, 2026, 6:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017bcf8a6081908922f5ef2673abae completed May 11, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.