Triple
T22876415
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thinking Machines Corporation |
E567336
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEngineer |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | W. Daniel Hillis |
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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: W. Daniel Hillis | Statement: [Thinking Machines Corporation, notableEngineer, W. Daniel Hillis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Daniel Hillis Context triple: [Thinking Machines Corporation, notableEngineer, W. Daniel Hillis]
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A.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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B.
Leslie Valiant
Leslie Valiant is a renowned computer scientist known for his foundational work in computational learning theory, complexity theory, and artificial intelligence.
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C.
Russell H. Varian
Russell H. Varian was an American physicist and entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of the klystron tube and a pioneer in the development of microwave and radar technology.
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D.
Danny Hillis
chosen
Danny Hillis is an American inventor, computer scientist, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering parallel computing and co-founding Thinking Machines Corporation.
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E.
Christopher Langton
Christopher Langton is an American computer scientist and artificial life researcher best known for pioneering work on cellular automata, including the development of "Langton's ant."
- 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_69e24589d8348190b96422d13a678bc1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17f58a7308190b710bdf013e2e114 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m.