Triple

T6231027
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ward Cunningham E139352 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
E781471 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: Howard G. Cunningham | Statement: [Ward Cunningham, name, Howard G. Cunningham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard G. Cunningham
Context triple: [Ward Cunningham, name, Howard G. Cunningham]
  • A. William G. McGowan
    William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
  • B. Edward G. Hochuli
    Edward G. Hochuli is a retired American NFL referee and attorney, widely known for his long tenure in the league and his detailed on-field penalty explanations.
  • C. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • D. Theodore R. Camp
    Theodore R. Camp was an American civil and environmental engineer and educator known for his influential work in water resources and for mentoring prominent hydrologists such as Ven Te Chow.
  • E. John A. Crews
    John A. Crews was a United States military service member interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery, likely recognized for his service to the country.
  • 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: Howard G. Cunningham
Triple: [Ward Cunningham, name, Howard G. Cunningham]
Generated description
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard G. Cunningham
Target entity description: Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • A. William G. McGowan
    William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
  • B. Edward G. Hochuli
    Edward G. Hochuli is a retired American NFL referee and attorney, widely known for his long tenure in the league and his detailed on-field penalty explanations.
  • C. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • D. Theodore R. Camp
    Theodore R. Camp was an American civil and environmental engineer and educator known for his influential work in water resources and for mentoring prominent hydrologists such as Ven Te Chow.
  • E. John A. Crews
    John A. Crews was a United States military service member interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery, likely recognized for his service to the country.
  • 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_69c008afd3148190b71e9eaa60420dd1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062ec5be4819084d6df2e8dd2a542 completed March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d05422b25c819098189ac202c20123 completed April 3, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d054c5c324819084adb6da1c76ce76 completed April 4, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d055512f4081908d6c972e8402910b completed April 4, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.