Triple

T1796615
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Dawkins Award E39617 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Sam Harris
Sam Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and prominent atheist thinker known for his writings and podcasts on religion, morality, and rational inquiry.
E203104 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: Sam Harris | Statement: [Richard Dawkins Award, notableRecipient, Sam Harris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Harris
Context triple: [Richard Dawkins Award, notableRecipient, Sam Harris]
  • A. Michael Shermer
    Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • B. John B. West
    John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
  • C. John Harris
    John Harris is a fictional character known primarily as the husband of Bernadine Harris in the story.
  • D. Paul Kurtz
    Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • E. Jason Hart
    Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
  • 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: Sam Harris
Triple: [Richard Dawkins Award, notableRecipient, Sam Harris]
Generated description
Sam Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and prominent atheist thinker known for his writings and podcasts on religion, morality, and rational inquiry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Harris
Target entity description: Sam Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and prominent atheist thinker known for his writings and podcasts on religion, morality, and rational inquiry.
  • A. Michael Shermer
    Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • B. John B. West
    John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
  • C. John Harris
    John Harris is a fictional character known primarily as the husband of Bernadine Harris in the story.
  • D. Paul Kurtz
    Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • E. Jason Hart
    Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa653ef7f481908226ff71afca672a completed March 6, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf54330c81908046b519a0297760 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adbff135188190908058a2e2d41a1e completed March 8, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc0832cd881909702f380412702d5 completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.