Triple

T1778791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leonard Adleman E39240 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Lance Fortnow
Lance Fortnow is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his contributions to computational complexity theory and for his expository work on the P vs NP problem.
E199753 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: Lance Fortnow | Statement: [Leonard Adleman, notableStudent, Lance Fortnow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lance Fortnow
Context triple: [Leonard Adleman, notableStudent, Lance Fortnow]
  • A. Leslie Valiant
    Leslie Valiant is a renowned computer scientist known for his foundational work in computational learning theory, complexity theory, and artificial intelligence.
  • B. Manuel Blum
    Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and cryptography.
  • C. Richard Lipton
    Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
  • D. Jeffrey D. Ullman
    Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
  • E. Michael Sipser
    Michael Sipser is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in computational complexity theory and for authoring a widely used textbook on the theory of computation.
  • 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: Lance Fortnow
Triple: [Leonard Adleman, notableStudent, Lance Fortnow]
Generated description
Lance Fortnow is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his contributions to computational complexity theory and for his expository work on the P vs NP problem.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lance Fortnow
Target entity description: Lance Fortnow is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his contributions to computational complexity theory and for his expository work on the P vs NP problem.
  • A. Leslie Valiant
    Leslie Valiant is a renowned computer scientist known for his foundational work in computational learning theory, complexity theory, and artificial intelligence.
  • B. Manuel Blum
    Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and cryptography.
  • C. Richard Lipton
    Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
  • D. Jeffrey D. Ullman
    Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
  • E. Michael Sipser
    Michael Sipser is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in computational complexity theory and for authoring a widely used textbook on the theory of computation.
  • 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64ba92a48190b69da748dfbfc53c completed March 6, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada99d12f88190a9daec1b7dd64e67 completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adab03a5448190b42966adcd8afbde completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaeaf81e881908f99f5d948e3557b completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.