Triple
T22552133
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. W. McDowell Award |
E557583
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Fernando J. Corbató |
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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: Fernando J. Corbató | Statement: [W. W. McDowell Award, notableRecipient, Fernando J. Corbató]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fernando J. Corbató Context triple: [W. W. McDowell Award, notableRecipient, Fernando J. Corbató]
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A.
Fernando J. Corbató
chosen
Fernando J. Corbató was an American computer scientist best known for pioneering time-sharing operating systems and helping to lay the foundations of modern interactive computing.
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B.
Tom Wilkes
Tom Wilkes was an American art director and album cover designer renowned for his influential work in 1960s and 1970s rock music.
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C.
Clarence W. Backus
Clarence W. Backus is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the surname Backus, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
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D.
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
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E.
J. C. R. Licklider
J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
- 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_69e11e59db848190b4272ecd2b690ffd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15f7647208190a1aaebd083bf095a |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.