Triple

T1924094
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas Hofstadter E40189 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hofstadter
Hofstadter is a surname most prominently associated with Douglas Hofstadter, the American cognitive scientist and author of "Gödel, Escher, Bach."
 E214960 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: Hofstadter | Statement: [Douglas Hofstadter, familyName, Hofstadter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hofstadter
Context triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, familyName, Hofstadter]
  • A. Gardner
    Gardner is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as literature, science, and the arts.
  • B. Hoffman
    Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
  • C. Slartibartfast
    Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
  • D. Leibowitz
    Leibowitz is the birth surname of American comedian and former "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.
  • E. Broca's Brain
    Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
  • 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: Hofstadter
Triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, familyName, Hofstadter]
Generated description
Hofstadter is a surname most prominently associated with Douglas Hofstadter, the American cognitive scientist and author of "Gödel, Escher, Bach."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hofstadter
Target entity description: Hofstadter is a surname most prominently associated with Douglas Hofstadter, the American cognitive scientist and author of "Gödel, Escher, Bach."
  • A. Gardner
    Gardner is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as literature, science, and the arts.
  • B. Hoffman
    Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
  • C. Slartibartfast
    Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
  • D. Leibowitz
    Leibowitz is the birth surname of American comedian and former "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.
  • E. Broca's Brain
    Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
  • 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_69a8864298748190a2f2fd34f7ef8d77 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2359ca0819082b514a34c469b21 completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3e6678881908d72de7e0f19a648 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf472aca881908d99cf5bfcae3094 completed March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf50d93c88190aa1cbf96526558b6 completed March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.