Triple
T7000444
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Claude E. Shannon Award |
E162321
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert E. Blahut
Robert E. Blahut is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his influential contributions to coding theory, including the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm, and for authoring foundational texts in the field.
|
E639659
|
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: Robert E. Blahut | Statement: [Claude E. Shannon Award, notableRecipient, Robert E. Blahut]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Blahut Context triple: [Claude E. Shannon Award, notableRecipient, Robert E. Blahut]
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A.
Robert M. Fano
Robert M. Fano was an influential Italian-American computer scientist and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and for co-developing Shannon–Fano coding.
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B.
Andrew Viterbi
Andrew Viterbi is an Italian-American engineer and co-founder of Qualcomm best known for inventing the Viterbi algorithm, a fundamental method used in digital communication and error correction.
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C.
Robert G. Gallager
Robert G. Gallager is an American electrical engineer and information theorist renowned for his foundational contributions to coding theory and data communications.
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D.
Thomas M. Cover
Thomas M. Cover was an influential American information theorist and Stanford professor known for his foundational contributions to information theory, statistics, and machine learning.
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E.
Gottfried Ungerboeck
Gottfried Ungerboeck is an electrical engineer best known for pioneering trellis-coded modulation, a breakthrough in digital communications that significantly improved data transmission reliability and efficiency.
- 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: Robert E. Blahut Triple: [Claude E. Shannon Award, notableRecipient, Robert E. Blahut]
Generated description
Robert E. Blahut is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his influential contributions to coding theory, including the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm, and for authoring foundational texts in the field.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Blahut Target entity description: Robert E. Blahut is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his influential contributions to coding theory, including the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm, and for authoring foundational texts in the field.
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A.
Robert M. Fano
Robert M. Fano was an influential Italian-American computer scientist and information theorist known for his foundational contributions to coding theory and for co-developing Shannon–Fano coding.
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B.
Andrew Viterbi
Andrew Viterbi is an Italian-American engineer and co-founder of Qualcomm best known for inventing the Viterbi algorithm, a fundamental method used in digital communication and error correction.
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C.
Robert G. Gallager
Robert G. Gallager is an American electrical engineer and information theorist renowned for his foundational contributions to coding theory and data communications.
-
D.
Thomas M. Cover
Thomas M. Cover was an influential American information theorist and Stanford professor known for his foundational contributions to information theory, statistics, and machine learning.
-
E.
Gottfried Ungerboeck
Gottfried Ungerboeck is an electrical engineer best known for pioneering trellis-coded modulation, a breakthrough in digital communications that significantly improved data transmission reliability and efficiency.
- 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_69c68857ffc08190857dc62cd5253777 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6dc0e54c88190b092870f2d128510 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7943400d08190ba5774e5d45e7e27 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c794ddbb688190b197a934c0afaea0 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c79531e0408190bbacba54914393f9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:33 p.m.