Triple
T2370672
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tekrad |
E46081
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard Vollum |
E210947
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Howard Vollum | Statement: [Tekrad, foundedBy, Howard Vollum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Vollum Context triple: [Tekrad, foundedBy, Howard Vollum]
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A.
Howard Vollum
chosen
Howard Vollum was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Tektronix, a pioneering company in oscilloscopes and electronic test equipment.
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B.
Howard Ellsworth Wood
Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later outfielder, famed for his dominant fastball and standout seasons with the Boston Red Sox in the early 20th century.
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C.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
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D.
Harry C. Wiess
Harry C. Wiess was an American oil industry executive and philanthropist whose contributions to Rice University led to a major academic division being named in his honor.
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E.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88a145268819083e2736cb835c696 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc76f5aec8190867d621e6849258c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af836559908190800f3be44aecd82f |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:56 p.m.