Triple

T6834677
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BibTeX E157419 entity
Predicate usedWith P4791 FINISHED
Object plain TeX
plain TeX is Donald Knuth’s original, low-level typesetting system that provides a minimal, macro-based foundation for creating structured documents and is often used as a base for higher-level formats like LaTeX.
E621159 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: plain TeX | Statement: [BibTeX, usedWith, plain TeX]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: plain TeX
Context triple: [BibTeX, usedWith, plain TeX]
  • A. The TeXbook
    The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
  • B. LaTeX
    LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
  • C. upTeX
    upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
  • D. XeTeX
    XeTeX is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that natively supports Unicode and modern font technologies like OpenType, enabling high-quality multilingual and typographically advanced document production.
  • E. pdfTeX
    pdfTeX is an extended version of Knuth’s TeX engine that can directly generate PDF output and offers advanced typographic and microtypographic features.
  • 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: plain TeX
Triple: [BibTeX, usedWith, plain TeX]
Generated description
plain TeX is Donald Knuth’s original, low-level typesetting system that provides a minimal, macro-based foundation for creating structured documents and is often used as a base for higher-level formats like LaTeX.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: plain TeX
Target entity description: plain TeX is Donald Knuth’s original, low-level typesetting system that provides a minimal, macro-based foundation for creating structured documents and is often used as a base for higher-level formats like LaTeX.
  • A. The TeXbook
    The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
  • B. LaTeX
    LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
  • C. upTeX
    upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
  • D. XeTeX
    XeTeX is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that natively supports Unicode and modern font technologies like OpenType, enabling high-quality multilingual and typographically advanced document production.
  • E. pdfTeX
    pdfTeX is an extended version of Knuth’s TeX engine that can directly generate PDF output and offers advanced typographic and microtypographic features.
  • 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_69c6882c53608190b99aebef079b23bd completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d67936288190829fedc3729aadd8 completed March 27, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c723fd50c88190af005fd58ca0aee6 completed March 28, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7247806808190ac60c134cec612c8 completed March 28, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7253b94f081909e7cee870a12af6b completed March 28, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:18 p.m.