Triple

T3414157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award E71967 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object John C. Reynolds
John C. Reynolds was a pioneering computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to programming language theory, including polymorphic type systems and separation logic.
E489395 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: John C. Reynolds | Statement: [ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award, notableRecipient, John C. Reynolds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Reynolds
Context triple: [ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award, notableRecipient, John C. Reynolds]
  • A. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • B. Richard O. Covey
    Richard O. Covey is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped lead the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • C. Alan M. Gates
    Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
  • D. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • E. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • 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: John C. Reynolds
Triple: [ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award, notableRecipient, John C. Reynolds]
Generated description
John C. Reynolds was a pioneering computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to programming language theory, including polymorphic type systems and separation logic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Reynolds
Target entity description: John C. Reynolds was a pioneering computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to programming language theory, including polymorphic type systems and separation logic.
  • A. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • B. Richard O. Covey
    Richard O. Covey is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped lead the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • C. Alan M. Gates
    Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
  • D. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • E. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • 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_69ad85ac312481909e7027ced1456a9f completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb927e8d081908a5ab283da93beb2 completed March 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bea458dd088190834a647c7316a83c completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bea4d632f881909e621f5d11855f8b completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bea547a08c8190ae74293c4a729ad2 completed March 21, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.