Triple
T5015862
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ethernet |
E112739
|
entity |
| Predicate | coInventedBy |
P632
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert Metcalfe |
E353620
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Robert Metcalfe | Statement: [Ethernet, coInventedBy, Robert Metcalfe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Metcalfe Context triple: [Ethernet, coInventedBy, Robert Metcalfe]
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A.
Bob Metcalfe
chosen
Bob Metcalfe is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-inventor of Ethernet and a pioneer of modern computer networking.
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B.
Radia Perlman
Radia Perlman is an American computer scientist renowned as the "mother of the internet" for her pioneering work in network routing and the invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol.
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C.
Vinton Cerf
Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist widely regarded as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his co-design of the TCP/IP protocols and fundamental contributions to internet architecture.
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D.
Robert Kahn
Robert Kahn is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist best known as a co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols that form the foundation of the modern Internet.
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E.
Leonard Kleinrock
Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational work on packet-switching theory that underpinned the development of the ARPANET and the modern Internet.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: coInventedBy Context triple: [Ethernet, coInventedBy, Robert Metcalfe]
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A.
wasInventedBy
chosen
Indicates that something (typically an object, concept, or process) was created or brought into existence by a particular inventor or originator.
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B.
notableInventor
Indicates that the subject is a well-known or historically significant inventor of the object.
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C.
discoveredBy
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
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D.
designedByCompanyFoundedBy
Indicates that something was designed by a company that was founded by a specified entity.
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E.
co-discoveredWith
Indicates that two or more entities jointly discovered the same object, phenomenon, or finding.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69bd4434acb8819086679dbeccc2fe54 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd732f4c5c8190b90f8e4daab458ee |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be927500ec8190b4d87ef86469777d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd714ecfe08190b5830cfc1c74fa17 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.