Triple
T21377429
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard E. Stearns |
E527248
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Edwin Stearns |
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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: Richard Edwin Stearns | Statement: [Richard E. Stearns, name, Richard Edwin Stearns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Edwin Stearns Context triple: [Richard E. Stearns, name, Richard Edwin Stearns]
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A.
Richard E. Stearns
chosen
Richard E. Stearns is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the theory of computational complexity, including the foundational time hierarchy theorem.
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B.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
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C.
William Richard Werstine
William Richard Werstine, better known as Billy West, is an American voice actor and comedian renowned for his work on animated series such as Futurama and various Looney Tunes and Ren & Stimpy characters.
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D.
Richard H. Stahlman
Richard H. Stahlman was an academic mentor and doctoral advisor known for supervising Herbert Boyer, a pioneering figure in genetic engineering and biotechnology.
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E.
Paul W. Merrill
Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
- 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_69e0b51f363c8190944000ab5523b02b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b0c8768c8190ad7cddf5cd1d06f7 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:28 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:11 p.m.