Triple

T2139756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alvy Ray Smith E46734 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Biography of the Pixel
"A Biography of the Pixel" is a nonfiction book by computer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith that explores the history, science, and cultural impact of the pixel as the fundamental unit of digital imaging.
E237522 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: A Biography of the Pixel | Statement: [Alvy Ray Smith, notableWork, A Biography of the Pixel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Biography of the Pixel
Context triple: [Alvy Ray Smith, notableWork, A Biography of the Pixel]
  • A. Pixel
    Pixel is Google's flagship line of Android smartphones known for their clean software experience and advanced camera capabilities.
  • B. Black and White in Color
    Black and White in Color is a 1976 French-Côte d'Ivoire war comedy film satirizing French colonial attitudes during World War I in Africa and winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
  • C. Retrospect for Life
    "Retrospect for Life" is a reflective hip-hop track by Common, featuring Lauryn Hill, that grapples with the emotional and moral complexities surrounding an unplanned pregnancy and abortion.
  • D. Parallax
    "Parallax" is a track from the collaborative classical-bluegrass album "The Goat Rodeo Sessions," featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile.
  • E. The Blueprint
    The Blueprint is a critically acclaimed 2001 studio album by Jay-Z, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop records of all time.
  • 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: A Biography of the Pixel
Triple: [Alvy Ray Smith, notableWork, A Biography of the Pixel]
Generated description
"A Biography of the Pixel" is a nonfiction book by computer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith that explores the history, science, and cultural impact of the pixel as the fundamental unit of digital imaging.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Biography of the Pixel
Target entity description: "A Biography of the Pixel" is a nonfiction book by computer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith that explores the history, science, and cultural impact of the pixel as the fundamental unit of digital imaging.
  • A. Pixels
    Pixels is a 2015 science fiction comedy film in which classic video game characters attack Earth, prompting former arcade champions to defend the planet.
  • B. Pixel
    Pixel is Google's flagship line of Android smartphones known for their clean software experience and advanced camera capabilities.
  • C. Black and White in Color
    Black and White in Color is a 1976 French-Côte d'Ivoire war comedy film satirizing French colonial attitudes during World War I in Africa and winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
  • D. Retrospect for Life
    "Retrospect for Life" is a reflective hip-hop track by Common, featuring Lauryn Hill, that grapples with the emotional and moral complexities surrounding an unplanned pregnancy and abortion.
  • E. Parallax
    "Parallax" is a track from the collaborative classical-bluegrass album "The Goat Rodeo Sessions," featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile.
  • 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_69a88a174ab48190a5db20c132e5dccf completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe025d3c81908bcb33a7ff09eae8 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae51b37ce08190add9df46cc17ba89 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae52e539f081908424c4093c125861 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5357e1088190bcffccb37030f3fc completed March 9, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.