Triple

T5335948
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject EATCS Award E123825 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Richard E. Stearns
Richard E. Stearns is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the theory of computational complexity, including the foundational time hierarchy theorem.
 E527248 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: Richard E. Stearns | Statement: [EATCS Award, notableRecipient, Richard E. Stearns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard E. Stearns
Context triple: [EATCS Award, notableRecipient, Richard E. Stearns]
  • A. Robert B. Stearns
    Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
  • B. Richard H. Stahlman
    Richard H. Stahlman was an academic mentor and doctoral advisor known for supervising Herbert Boyer, a pioneering figure in genetic engineering and biotechnology.
  • C. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • D. Douglas H. Wheelock
    Douglas H. Wheelock is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel known for his spaceflights on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, including serving as commander of Expedition 25.
  • E. Ronald W. Browne
    Ronald W. Browne is a film cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy western "Three Amigos."
  • 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: Richard E. Stearns
Triple: [EATCS Award, notableRecipient, Richard E. Stearns]
Generated description
Richard E. Stearns is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the theory of computational complexity, including the foundational time hierarchy theorem.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard E. Stearns
Target entity description: Richard E. Stearns is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the theory of computational complexity, including the foundational time hierarchy theorem.
  • A. Robert B. Stearns
    Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
  • B. Richard H. Stahlman
    Richard H. Stahlman was an academic mentor and doctoral advisor known for supervising Herbert Boyer, a pioneering figure in genetic engineering and biotechnology.
  • C. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • D. Douglas H. Wheelock
    Douglas H. Wheelock is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel known for his spaceflights on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, including serving as commander of Expedition 25.
  • E. Ronald W. Browne
    Ronald W. Browne is a film cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy western "Three Amigos."
  • 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_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd85af799081909ee60bfbb65149ee completed March 20, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfe14608d88190ba2573da7cb783fe completed March 22, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfe1a3ef08819096dafb4f234a9d62 completed March 22, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfe1b0c188819098695081286c20f2 completed March 22, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2 p.m.