Triple
T4979706
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cypherpunks mailing list |
E111852
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableParticipant |
P6467
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nick Szabo
Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for pioneering the concepts of smart contracts and digital currency.
|
E485342
|
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: Nick Szabo | Statement: [Cypherpunks mailing list, notableParticipant, Nick Szabo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Szabo Context triple: [Cypherpunks mailing list, notableParticipant, Nick Szabo]
-
A.
David Chaum
David Chaum is an American cryptographer and computer scientist widely regarded as a pioneer of digital cash and modern cryptographic privacy technologies.
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B.
Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous individual or group who authored the Bitcoin white paper and launched the first decentralized cryptocurrency and its underlying blockchain technology.
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C.
Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle is an American computer scientist and cryptographer known as a pioneer of public-key cryptography and for contributions such as Merkle trees and Merkle–Damgård hashing.
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D.
Gavin Andresen
Gavin Andresen is a software developer best known for becoming the lead maintainer of the Bitcoin reference implementation after Satoshi Nakamoto’s departure.
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E.
Phillip Rogaway
Phillip Rogaway is a prominent cryptographer known for his influential work on the theory and practice of encryption and for advocating the ethical and social responsibilities of cryptography.
- 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: Nick Szabo Triple: [Cypherpunks mailing list, notableParticipant, Nick Szabo]
Generated description
Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for pioneering the concepts of smart contracts and digital currency.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Szabo Target entity description: Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for pioneering the concepts of smart contracts and digital currency.
-
A.
David Chaum
David Chaum is an American cryptographer and computer scientist widely regarded as a pioneer of digital cash and modern cryptographic privacy technologies.
-
B.
Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous individual or group who authored the Bitcoin white paper and launched the first decentralized cryptocurrency and its underlying blockchain technology.
-
C.
Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle is an American computer scientist and cryptographer known as a pioneer of public-key cryptography and for contributions such as Merkle trees and Merkle–Damgård hashing.
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D.
Gavin Andresen
Gavin Andresen is a software developer best known for becoming the lead maintainer of the Bitcoin reference implementation after Satoshi Nakamoto’s departure.
-
E.
Phillip Rogaway
Phillip Rogaway is a prominent cryptographer known for his influential work on the theory and practice of encryption and for advocating the ethical and social responsibilities of cryptography.
- 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_69bd441adc208190b70a033a0741d01e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd723418e881908f1e43b1be0a2f17 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be8a0ac8d48190b9d050e26b67a794 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be8d747c40819098ac5d475d60ab46 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be8df7ab9c8190b1af6e32f0f33b30 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:33 p.m.