Triple

T1888770
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Goldberg E41820 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor best known for his humorous illustrations of overly complex machines designed to perform simple tasks.
E210146 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: Rube Goldberg | Statement: [Goldberg, hasNotableBearer, Rube Goldberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rube Goldberg
Context triple: [Goldberg, hasNotableBearer, Rube Goldberg]
  • A. Rube
    Rube was the nickname of Andrew "Rube" Foster, a pioneering African American baseball player, manager, and executive widely regarded as the "Father of Black Baseball" for founding and leading the Negro National League.
  • B. John Edison Sweet
    John Edison Sweet was an American mechanical engineer and inventor best known as a pioneering figure in the profession and an early leader in establishing standards and organization within the field.
  • C. Rufus Oldenburger
    Rufus Oldenburger was an American mathematician and engineer known for his contributions to control theory and applied mathematics, particularly in the analysis of dynamic systems.
  • D. Bud Tribble
    Bud Tribble is an American software engineer and executive best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and later a senior leader at both NeXT and Apple.
  • E. John Eames
    John Eames is a central young clerk and romantic figure in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, notably portrayed as an earnest but socially awkward suitor.
  • 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: Rube Goldberg
Triple: [Goldberg, hasNotableBearer, Rube Goldberg]
Generated description
Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor best known for his humorous illustrations of overly complex machines designed to perform simple tasks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rube Goldberg
Target entity description: Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor best known for his humorous illustrations of overly complex machines designed to perform simple tasks.
  • A. Rube
    Rube was the nickname of Andrew "Rube" Foster, a pioneering African American baseball player, manager, and executive widely regarded as the "Father of Black Baseball" for founding and leading the Negro National League.
  • B. John Edison Sweet
    John Edison Sweet was an American mechanical engineer and inventor best known as a pioneering figure in the profession and an early leader in establishing standards and organization within the field.
  • C. Rufus Oldenburger
    Rufus Oldenburger was an American mathematician and engineer known for his contributions to control theory and applied mathematics, particularly in the analysis of dynamic systems.
  • D. Bud Tribble
    Bud Tribble is an American software engineer and executive best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and later a senior leader at both NeXT and Apple.
  • E. John Eames
    John Eames is a central young clerk and romantic figure in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, notably portrayed as an earnest but socially awkward suitor.
  • 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_69a8864b6de0819098d089f6a1b910a7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb12382b481908cd26b56f8558226 completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf665bd48190b08ff5159333b99b completed March 8, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ade02321b881909e8bb087f6c3acd4 completed March 8, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ade0d3f77481909cb4c9a57a9fb6a7 completed March 8, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.