Triple
T18478459
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Venkataramanan Balakrishnan |
E451494
|
entity |
| Predicate | collaboratedWith |
P435
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Stephen P. Boyd |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Stephen P. Boyd | Statement: [Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, collaboratedWith, Stephen P. Boyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen P. Boyd Context triple: [Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, collaboratedWith, Stephen P. Boyd]
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A.
Stephen P. Boyd
chosen
Stephen P. Boyd is an American professor of electrical engineering and a leading expert in convex optimization and control theory, widely recognized for his influential research and textbooks in these fields.
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B.
Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd was an Irish-born actor best known for his Golden Globe–winning role as Messala in the 1959 epic film "Ben-Hur."
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C.
Robert Vanderbei
Robert Vanderbei is an American mathematician and astrophotographer known for his work in optimization and his long-standing affiliation with Princeton University.
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D.
Richard M. Murray
Richard M. Murray is an American control theorist and professor of control and dynamical systems at the California Institute of Technology, known for his contributions to feedback control, robotics, and systems biology.
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E.
Marty Nedich
Marty Nedich is a musician best known as a member of the alternative rock band The Kelley Deal 6000, formed by Breeders guitarist Kelley Deal.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d38465a0819099b9b42d2a662ac1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e53064a7548190b712a14ad0c7a477 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.