Triple

T4576184
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject DLP technology E123145 entity
Predicate inventedBy P632 FINISHED
Object Larry Hornbeck
Larry Hornbeck is an American engineer best known for creating the digital micromirror device that underpins Texas Instruments' DLP projection technology.
E527007 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: Larry Hornbeck | Statement: [DLP technology, inventedBy, Larry Hornbeck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Hornbeck
Context triple: [DLP technology, inventedBy, Larry Hornbeck]
  • A. William Hornbeck
    William Hornbeck was an influential American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for helping to shape modern editing techniques.
  • B. Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn was a British actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television and stage, particularly in popular UK sitcoms.
  • C. Lew Hahn
    Lew Hahn is a recording engineer known for his work on notable music projects such as the song "I'm Every Woman."
  • D. Dennis Hull
    Dennis Hull is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played primarily for the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
  • E. Charles Rettig
    Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
  • 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: Larry Hornbeck
Triple: [DLP technology, inventedBy, Larry Hornbeck]
Generated description
Larry Hornbeck is an American engineer best known for creating the digital micromirror device that underpins Texas Instruments' DLP projection technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Hornbeck
Target entity description: Larry Hornbeck is an American engineer best known for creating the digital micromirror device that underpins Texas Instruments' DLP projection technology.
  • A. William Hornbeck
    William Hornbeck was an influential American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for helping to shape modern editing techniques.
  • B. Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn was a British actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television and stage, particularly in popular UK sitcoms.
  • C. Lew Hahn
    Lew Hahn is a recording engineer known for his work on notable music projects such as the song "I'm Every Woman."
  • D. Dennis Hull
    Dennis Hull is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played primarily for the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
  • E. Charles Rettig
    Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
  • 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_69bd46466c7081909d07f36be2d08804 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd58dfe3508190b21836079e951a3c completed March 20, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfd2366a3c819097391ad8731c21a8 completed March 22, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfd2b9290c819092ca7d3b29d8f39b completed March 22, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfd3180ac081908711bd893d811c84 completed March 22, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.