Triple

T3599986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John W. Tukey E76231 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tukey
Tukey is the surname of John W. Tukey, a prominent American statistician known for pioneering exploratory data analysis and coining the term "bit."
 E371254 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: Tukey | Statement: [John W. Tukey, familyName, Tukey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tukey
Context triple: [John W. Tukey, familyName, Tukey]
  • A. Cochran
    Cochran is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
  • B. Aitken
    Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
  • C. Tomlinson
    Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
  • D. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • E. Neumann
    Neumann is a variant spelling of the surname Newman, commonly of German origin and borne by various notable figures in science, mathematics, and the arts.
  • 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: Tukey
Triple: [John W. Tukey, familyName, Tukey]
Generated description
Tukey is the surname of John W. Tukey, a prominent American statistician known for pioneering exploratory data analysis and coining the term "bit."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tukey
Target entity description: Tukey is the surname of John W. Tukey, a prominent American statistician known for pioneering exploratory data analysis and coining the term "bit."
  • A. Cochran
    Cochran is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
  • B. Aitken
    Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
  • C. Tomlinson
    Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
  • D. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • E. Neumann
    Neumann is a variant spelling of the surname Newman, commonly of German origin and borne by various notable figures in science, mathematics, and the arts.
  • 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_69ad85d93dcc819094fba90cf70f4996 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc19fd57481908ce5c9daf168e213 completed March 8, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4031a41d08190b8e87c452601a625 completed March 13, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b406fd33e08190a6f06eddec8516e9 completed March 13, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b408778220819086935bfa9c0dd4fd completed March 13, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.