Triple
T6991798
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Computer History Museum Fellow Award |
E162101
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Thacker
Charles Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work on the Xerox Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface, and for his influential contributions to modern computing hardware and networking.
|
E738116
|
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: Charles Thacker | Statement: [Computer History Museum Fellow Award, hasRecipient, Charles Thacker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Thacker Context triple: [Computer History Museum Fellow Award, hasRecipient, Charles Thacker]
-
A.
Matthias N. Forney
Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
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B.
Richard T. Wetherald
Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
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C.
Porter J. McCumber
Porter J. McCumber was an American Republican senator from North Dakota best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922.
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D.
Bradford M. Durfee
Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
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E.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
- 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: Charles Thacker Triple: [Computer History Museum Fellow Award, hasRecipient, Charles Thacker]
Generated description
Charles Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work on the Xerox Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface, and for his influential contributions to modern computing hardware and networking.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Thacker Target entity description: Charles Thacker was a pioneering computer engineer best known for his work on the Xerox Alto, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface, and for his influential contributions to modern computing hardware and networking.
-
A.
Matthias N. Forney
Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
-
B.
Richard T. Wetherald
Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
-
C.
Porter J. McCumber
Porter J. McCumber was an American Republican senator from North Dakota best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922.
-
D.
Bradford M. Durfee
Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
-
E.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
- 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_69c68856d7808190ab33ee914640281b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6dbc1f63c8190837cfd71cf5ed613 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4d3697848190be759069962a8f00 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce4f556a408190b404481a32b2457b |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce503737a4819083ebf9f410eac826 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:32 p.m.