Triple
T22552137
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. W. McDowell Award |
E557583
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dennis M. Ritchie |
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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: Dennis M. Ritchie | Statement: [W. W. McDowell Award, notableRecipient, Dennis M. Ritchie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis M. Ritchie Context triple: [W. W. McDowell Award, notableRecipient, Dennis M. Ritchie]
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A.
Dennis Ritchie
chosen
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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B.
Kenneth W. Thompson
Kenneth W. Thompson was an American political scientist and prominent international relations theorist associated with the realist tradition.
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C.
Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the C programming language and Unix tools, and as co-author of the classic book "The C Programming Language."
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D.
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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E.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
- 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.